"A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband."
Ann Todd
as Mary Justin
Claude Rains
as Howard Justin
Trevor Howard
as Prof. Steven Stratton
Betty Ann Davies
as Joan Layton
Isabel Dean
as Pat Stratton
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Lawyer
Arthur Howard
as Smith - the Butler
Guido Lorraine
as Hotel Manager
Marcel Poncin
as Hall Porter
Natasha Sokolova
as Chambermaid
Hélène Burls
as Flowerwoman
John Serret
as Emigration Official
Frances Waring
as Charwoman
Wenda Rogerson
as Bridge Guest
Helen Piers
as 1st Woman - Albert Hall
Ina Pelly
as 2nd Woman - Albert Hall
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
H.G. Wells
Novel
David Lean
Adaptation
Director
Eric Ambler
Producer
Geoffrey Foot
Editor
Margaret Furse
Costume Design
Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist
Guy Green
Director of Photography
George Pollock
Assistant Director
Jack Harris
Ronald Neame
Clive Donner
Maggie Unsworth
Continuity
Screenplay
Oswald Morris
Camera Operator
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Stanley Lambourne
Stanley Haynes
T. Hopewell Ash
Assistant Art Director
Norman Spencer
Associate Producer
John Bryan
Set Designer