Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Stanley Baker
as Charley
Jacqueline Sassard
as Anna
Michael York
as William
Vivien Merchant
as Rosalind
Delphine Seyrig
as Francesca
Alexander Knox
as Provost
Ann Firbank
as Laura
Brian Phelan
as Police Sergeant
Terence Rigby
as Plain Clothed Policeman
Freddie Jones
as Man in Bell's Office
Jill Johnson
as Secretary
