Drama
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Richard Burton
Ben Satterthwaite
Patrick Troughton
Sam (uncredited)
Robert Newton
Peter McCabe
Hattie Jacques
Singer
Charles Victor
Bill
Duncan Lamont
3rd Engineer on Ship
James Hayter
Ship's Captain
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. McCabe
Kenneth Griffith
Maurice Bruno
Glyn Houston
Sailor (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Reporter
Tony Britton
Deck-hand (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Simon
Michael Brennan
Engineer
Julian Somers
Mac
Susan Shaw
Connie McCabe
Allan Jeayes
Prison Officer
Hal Osmond
Witness in Street
Avis Scott
Nora McCabe
Elsie Wagstaff
Mrs. Simon (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Hambling
Police Sergeant
Kathleen Boutall
Mrs. Duncan
Josephine Middleton
District Nurse
Robin Netscher
George Alexander McCabe
Olive Sloane
Mrs. Gibson
John Boxer
Policeman (uncredited)
Basil Cunard
Publican
Alexander Field
Mr. Simon (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Stoker
Edna Morris
Mrs. Duncan (voice) (uncredited)
Anthony Oliver
Prison Warder
Ben Williams
Mr. Simon (voice) (uncredited)

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