"Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC."
Patricia Routledge
as Maria Helliwell
Peter Vaughan
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
Prunella Scales
as Annie Parker
Timothy West
as Councillor Albert Parker
Rosemary Leach
as Clara Soppitt
Bernard Cribbins
as Herbert Soppitt
Tessa Peake-Jones
as Nancy Holmes
Sue Devaney
as Ruby Birtle
Patrick Pearson
as Gerald Forbes
Liz Smith
as Mrs Northrop
Gawn Grainger
as Fred Dyson
Joss Ackland
as Henry Ormonroyd
Patsy Rowlands
as Lottie Grady
Roger Brierley
as Rev. Clement Mercer
Colin Douglas
as Mayor of Cleckleywyke
J. B. Priestley
Writer
Barry Davis
Director
Shaun Sutton
Producer