Hand in Hand
1961Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never". Unfortunately, the society that Michael and Rachel live in is one of religious intolerance. The fact that Michael is Irish Catholic and Rachel is Jewish is a point of conflict for just about everyone in the community.
Acted in
Philip Needs
as Michael O'Malley
Loretta Parry
as Rachel Mathias
Kathleen Byron
as Mrs. O'Malley
Finlay Currie
as Mr. Pritchard
Arnold Diamond
as Mr. Mathias
John Gregson
as Father Timothy
Sybil Thorndike
as Lady Caroline
Derek Sydney
as Rabbi
Denis Gilmore
as Tom
Miriam Karlin
as Mrs. Mathias
Barry Keegan
as Mr. O'Malley
Barbara Hicks
as Miss Roberts
Susan Reid
as Priscilla
Peter Pike
as Harry
Donald Tandy
as George
Madge Ryan
as George's Wife
Stratford Johns
as Farmer
Eric Francis
as Newsboy
Martin Lawrence
as The Cantor
Dido Plumb
as Jewish Man in Synagogue (uncredited)