When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford.
Bette Davis
as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
Nigel Bruce
as The Squire
Rhys Williams
as Mr. Jones
Rosalind Ivan
as Mrs. Watty
Mildred Dunnock
as Miss Ronberry
Arthur Shields
as Glyn Thomas
Gwyneth Hughes
as Sarah Pugh
William Roy
as Idwal Morris
Thomas Louden
as Old Tom
John Dall
as Morgan Evans
Joan Lorring
as Bessie Watty
Arnet Amos
as Miner (uncredited)