Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
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as Rachel Hammond
as Harold Dakers
as Dr. Craig
as Mrs. Dakers
as Dr. Hammond
as Edie Martyn
as Eugene Dakers
as Tom Morse
as Connie
as Mr. Martyn
as Mrs. Martyn
as Bagley
as Lily
as Lisha Hodgkiss
as Mrs. Hodgkiss
as Alec Martyn
as Surgeon Moore
as Dr. Lucas
as Dr. Martock
as Dr. Frampton
as Wilburn
as Dr. Monaghan
as Mrs. Gaige
as Mr. Gaige
as Stevens
as Wheeler
as Alice Rudge
as The Matron
as Bailiff
as Edward Willis
as Young Girl
as Mrs. Stevens
as Joseph the Porter
as Barmaid
as Edward Smith Watson
as Ada
as Foundry Foreman
as Old Crone
as Tyldesley
as Rev. Perry
as Mrs. Craig
as Trade Union Man
as Maid
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as Factory Worker
as Mary
as Butler
as Porter
as Ralph Hingston
as Police Sergeant
as French Postman
as Mary, 1946
as Mrs. Bagley
as Sister Cronshaw
as Dancer at Martyn's Party
as Sir Joseph Higgins
as Tony Dakers
as Mrs. Perry
as Woman in Court
as French Guest at Hotel Cecil
as Young Jonathan
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