London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.
Phyllis Calvert
Christine Garland
Jack Hawkins
Dick Searle
Terence Morgan
Harry Garland
Godfrey Tearle
Mr Garland senior
Mandy Miller
Mandy Garland
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs Garland senior
Nancy Price
Jane Ellis
Edward Chapman
Ackland
Patricia Plunkett
Miss Crocker
Eleanor Summerfield
Lily Tabor
Colin Gordon
Woollard (Junior)
Dorothy Alison
Miss Stockton
Julian Amyes
Jimmy Tabor
Gabrielle Brune
The Secretary
John Cazabon
Davey
Gwen Bacon
Mrs Paul
W.E. Holloway
Woollard (senior)
Phyllis Morris
Mrs Tucker
Gabrielle Blunt
Miss Larner
Jean Shepherd
Mrs Jackson
Jane Asher
Nina
Marlene Maddox
Leonie
Michael Mallinson
Pupil
Doreen Taylor
Doreen Gallagher
Michael Davis
Colin Wilkinson
Joan Peters
Michael Kelly
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
Audiologist (uncredited)
William Simons
Boy with Ball (uncredited)
Philip Stainton
Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Nigel Balchin
Writer
Leslie Norman
Producer
Michael Balcon
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