Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

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Cast

Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Joseph Blatchley

Robert

Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Jessie Combe

Father's wife

William Carroll

Their son, Archie

John Young

Shop assistant

Gerald James

Mr Bridge