Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.
Sandy Dennis
as Rosamund
Ian McKellen
as George
Michael Coles
as Joe
John Standing
as Roger
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
as Mrs. Stacey
Kenneth Benda
as Mr. Stacey
Deborah Stanford
as Beatrice
Roger Hammond
as Mike
Eleanor Bron
as Lydia
Margaret Tyzack
as Sister Bennett
Maurice Denham
as Doctor Prothero
Rachel Kempson
as Sister Harvey
