A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Michael Denison
as Philip Rackham
Mai Zetterling
as Doris Rickardson
Jane Hylton
as Frankie Rackham
André Morell
as George Rackham
Flora Robson
as Mary Rackham
Dennis Price
as Maurice Fletcher
Peter Burton
as Graham Moore
Barbara Blair
as Nancy Rickardson
Mervyn Johns
as Uncle Ted
Naunton Wayne
as Police Inspector Saunders
Celia Lipton
as Sandra, singer
Don Phillips
as Lonnie, piano player
