A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Graham Weir
Simone Signoret
Anna Weir
Sarah Miles
Shirley Taylor
Terence Stamp
Mitchell
Hugh Griffith
O'Hara
Roland Culver
Trowman
Dudley Foster
Detective Sergeant Keirnan
Frank Pettingell
Ferguson
Thora Hird
Mrs. Taylor
Norman Bird
Mr. Taylor
Newton Blick
Prosecutor
Allan Cuthbertson
Sylvan-Jones
Barbara Ferris
Joan
Rosamund Greenwood
Constance
Nicholas Hannen
Magistrate
Roy Holder
Thompson
Derren Nesbitt
Lodger
Clive Colin Bowler
Collins
Earl Cameron
Chard
Julia Foster
Virginia
Vanda Godsell
Mrs. Thompson
Lloyd Lamble
Inspector Ullyat
Crew
Peter Glenville
Director, Screenplay
James Barlow
Novel
Jim Clark
Editor
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Gerry O'Hara
Assistant Director
James Woolf
Producer
John Woolf
Producer
James H. Ware
Associate Producer
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
Brian West
Camera Operator
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Designer
Gordon Bond
Hairdresser
Ernest Gasser
Makeup Artist
Peter Musgrave
Sound Editor
Charles Poulton
Sound Mixer
Len Shilton
Sound Mixer
Jean-Michel Damase
Original Music Composer
Peter James
Set Decoration
Charles Blair
Production Manager
Lambert Williamson
Conductor
Tony Woollard
Art Direction
