Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Rick Schroder
as Cedric Errol / Lord Fauntleroy
Alec Guinness
as Earl of Dorincourt
Eric Porter
as Mr. Havisham
Colin Blakely
as Silas Hobbs
Connie Booth
as Mrs. Errol
Rachel Kempson
as Lady Lorradaile
Gerry Cowper
as Mellon
Barry Jackson
as Hustings
Antonia Pemberton
as Mrs. Dawson
John Southworth
as Higgins
Carmel McSharry
as Mary
Edward Wylie
as Ben Tipton
