"A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl."
Michael Denison
as Philip Rackham
Mai Zetterling
as Doris Rickardson
Jane Hylton
as Frankie Rackham
André Morell
as George Rackham
Flora Robson
as Mary Rackham
Dennis Price
as Maurice Fletcher
Peter Burton
as Graham Moore
Barbara Blair
as Nancy Rickardson
Mervyn Johns
as Uncle Ted
Naunton Wayne
as Police Inspector Saunders
Celia Lipton
as Sandra, singer
Don Phillips
as Lonnie, piano player
Joan Hickson
as The Waitress
Hugh Dempster
as Arresting Police Inspector
Michael Ward
as Dr. J. Dobson, dentist
Olive Sloane
as Mrs. Baker
Sidney James
as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
Vera Campbell
Editor
Audrey Erskine-Lindop
Writer
Dudley Leslie
Raymond Stross
Producer
Terence Young
Director
Hans May
Original Music Composer
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Director of Photography
Mickey Delamar
Production Manager
John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
Music Director
W. H. Lindop
Sound Recordist
Joan Carpenter
Hairstylist
George Paterson
Art Direction
Dennis O'Dell
Assistant Director
John Croydon
Production Director
Novel
Sonny Miller
Other
Olive Swinney
Wardrobe Supervisor