In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.
Owen Teale
as John O'Brien
Sean Bean
as Dominic O'Brien
Clare Holman
as Mary Llewellyn
Billie Whitelaw
as Beatrice Llewellyn
Ian Bannen
as Peter Bracken
Jane Horrocks
as Christine Bracken
Mark Mulholland
as Fr. O'Malley
Anny Tobin
as Mary Ellen O'Brien
Leslie Schofield
as Shane O'Brien
Faye Dannell
as Katie O'Brien
Gillian Hope
as Molly O'Brien
Scott Frazer
as Mick O'Brien
