"A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together."
Richard Attenborough
as Jack Read
Sheila Sim
as Lynne Hartley
Bernard Miles
as Mr. Read
Cecil Trouncer
as Lloyd Hartley
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Read
Edith Sharpe
as Mrs. Hartley
Robert Flemyng
as Nigel Lorraine
John Forrest
as Fitch
Herbert Lomas
as Sir James Corfield
Brenda Hogan
as Lorna Beckett
Wally Patch
as Uncle Percy
Olive Sloane
as Aunt Mabel
Hay Petrie
as Peck
Timothy Bateson
as Tracey
Kynaston Reeves
as The Bishop
Anthony Nicholls
as Mr. Stringer
Clive Baxter
as Gregory
Basil Cunard
as Buckton
Maureen Glynne
as Bessie
Anthony Newley
as Miles Minor
Oscar Quitak
as David Tracey
Peter Reynolds
as Grimmett
Tony Wager
as Bert
Percy Walsh
as Alec Stevens
Norman Watson
as Fanshaw
Ray Cooney
as
Ambrose Day
Robert Desmond
as (Uncredited)
Edward Judd
James Kenney
Michael McKeag
Jack McNaughton
Desmond Newling
Digby Wolfe
Roy Boulting
Director
Richard Best
Editor
John Howell
Art Direction
Guy Pearce
Makeup Artist
Peter De Sarigny
Associate Producer
Honoria Plesch
Costume Design
Sash Fisher
Sound
Screenplay
John Wooldridge
Music
John Boulting
Producer
Gilbert Taylor
Director of Photography
John Palmer
Production Manager
Warren Chetham-Strode
Theatre Play