
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

The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show

Set Fire to the Stars
Set Fire to the Stars

On Promised Land
On Promised Land

The Silly Age
The Silly Age

Shout
Shout

Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy

The Alto Knights
The Alto Knights

Performance Anxiety
Performance Anxiety

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill

This Woman Is Not a Car
This Woman Is Not a Car

Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here