After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
Mervyn Johns
as Tom Blake
Nora Swinburne
as Celia Blake
Joyce Howard
as Freda Blake
Joan Greenwood
as Ruth Blake
Peter Hammond
as Douglas Blake
Marie Ault
as Grandma Blake
Frederick Cooper
as Edward Blake
Grace Arnold
as Isabel Blake
Alfred Drayton
as Mr. Lawrence Knight
Olive Sloane
as Mrs. Maudie Knight
Joan Maude
as Carrie Porritt
Kenneth Kove
as Coggie Selby