

Drama
Overview
As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.
Top Cast
Stanley Baxter
Stanley Baxter
Blacksmith
Stanley Baxter
Blacksmith
Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe
The Vicar
Ronald Blythe
The Vicar
Ethel Branton
Ethel Branton
Mrs. Quantrill
Ethel Branton
Mrs. Quantrill
Lyn Brooks
Lyn Brooks
Charlotte Rouse
Lyn Brooks
Charlotte Rouse
Garrow Shand
Garrow Shand
Tom Rouse
Garrow Shand
Tom Rouse
Peggy Cole
Peggy Cole
Dulcie Rouse
Peggy Cole
Dulcie Rouse
Barbara Tilney
Barbara Tilney
Jean Quantrill
Barbara Tilney
Jean Quantrill
Ida Page
Ida Page
Aunt Ida
Ida Page
Aunt Ida
Ted Dedman
Ted Dedman
Ted
Ted Dedman
Ted
Mollie Dedman
Mollie Dedman
Mollie
Mollie Dedman
Mollie
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