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When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −29 min on the typical 109
typical 10980Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+12Released
1950
July 26, 1950
76 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- NRUnited States
24 of 32
Robert NewtonPeter McCabe
Kathleen HarrisonMrs. McCabe
Avis ScottNora McCabe
Susan ShawConnie McCabe- RNRobin NetscherGeorge Alexander McCabe
Richard BurtonBen Satterthwaite
Kenneth GriffithMaurice Bruno
Olive SloaneMrs. Gibson
James HayterShip's Captain
Charles VictorBill
Michael BrennanEngineer
Allan JeayesPrison Officer
Hattie JacquesSinger
Kathleen BoutallMrs. Duncan- JBJohn BoxerPoliceman (uncredited)
Tony BrittonDeck-hand (uncredited)
Cyril ChamberlainReporter- BCBasil CunardPublican
- AFAlexander FieldMr. Simon (uncredited)
Arthur HamblingPolice Sergeant
Glyn HoustonSailor (uncredited)
Duncan Lamont3rd Engineer on Ship- ALArthur LovegroveStoker
Josephine MiddletonDistrict Nurse
Directing · 1
- Michael Anderson Director
Writing · 2
- Paul Soskin Screenplay, Producer
- John Brophy Novel
Camera · 1
- Harry Waxman Director of Photography
Art · 2
- Alex Vetchinsky Production Design
- Arthur Taksen Set Decoration
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