London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.
Phyllis Calvert
as Christine Garland
Jack Hawkins
as Dick Searle
Terence Morgan
as Harry Garland
Godfrey Tearle
as Mr Garland senior
Mandy Miller
as Mandy Garland
Marjorie Fielding
as Mrs Garland senior
Nancy Price
as Jane Ellis
Edward Chapman
as Ackland
Patricia Plunkett
as Miss Crocker
Eleanor Summerfield
as Lily Tabor
Colin Gordon
as Woollard (Junior)
Dorothy Alison
as Miss Stockton
