Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Emlyn Williams
as Appleyard
John Clements
as John Rookeby
Constance Cummings
as Ann
Frank Pettingell
as Gage
Esmond Knight
as Vicar's Son
Roland Culver
as Steward
Morland Graham
as Doctor
Leslie French
as Johnny
Martin Walker
as Seigneur
Ronald Ward
as Lord Clavely
Walter Fitzgerald
as Vicar
Dennis Wyndham
as Martin
