Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protege professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
Timothy West
as Mark Childers
Rupert Davies
as Bartley Humbolt
Margaret Whiting
as Gaynor Humbolt
Mark Wing-Davey
as Ben Good
Georgine Anderson
as Helen Childers
Connie Booth
as Lee-Ann Good
Ian Gelder
as Andrew Patterson
Diane Fletcher
as Fiora Beniform
Ronald Mayer
as Mason
Marguerite Young
as Maid