Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her future looks bleak.
Rachel Roberts
as Anne Howland
James Maxwell
as John Howland
Annette Whiteley
as Sheila
Ellen McIntosh
as Mary Gardner
John Dare
as Stephen Howland
Michael Clarke
as William Howland