Drama
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
Directors
Sidney Poitier
Mark Thackeray
Christian Roberts
Denham
Judy Geeson
Pamela Dare
Suzy Kendall
Gillian Blanchard
Lulu
Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
Ann Bell
Mrs. Dare
Geoffrey Bayldon
Theo Weston
Faith Brook
Grace Evans
Patricia Routledge
Clinty Clintridge
Christopher Chittell
Potter
Lynne Sue Moon
Miss Wong
Adrienne Posta
Moira Joseph
Edward Burnham
Florian
Rita Webb
Mrs. Joseph
Fiona Duncan
Euphemia Phillips
Mona Bruce
Josie Dawes
Marianne Stone
Gert
Dervis Ward
Mr. Bell
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