Directed by:
John MillsScreenplay:
Mary Hayley BellCinematography:
Arthur IbbetsonComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
Hayley Mills, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Bayldon, Alan Lake, Annette Crosbie, Laurence Naismith, Pauline Jameson, Jacqueline Pearce, Judith Furse, Len Jones (more)Plots(1)
Emotionally damaged by a childhood trauma of which she has no memory but for which she is blamed by the local community, Brydie White finds companionship among a group of younger children whose activities cause consternation in the West Country village in which they live. Hayley Mills gives a captivating performance as a girl traumatised by the death of a friend in this poignant, romantic drama - directed by her father, John Mills, from a script by her mother, Mary Hayley Bell. Co-starring Ian McShane as a free-spirited gypsy alongside Laurence Naismith, Annette Crosbie and Geoffrey Bayldon. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Hayley Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268054_717928.jpg)
Hayley Mills
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
![Ian McShane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/378/162378559_eb47e8.jpg)
Ian McShane
UK
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Geoffrey Bayldon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098601_cef62b.jpg)
Geoffrey Bayldon
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Alan Lake
UK
Best movies:
Flame (1975)
Percy's Progress (1974)
Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
![Annette Crosbie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098843_3ef9b5.jpg)
Annette Crosbie
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem (2001) (TV movie)
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
![Laurence Naismith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494629_a4957e.jpg)
Laurence Naismith
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
![Pauline Jameson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538385_5bf8ae.gif)
Pauline Jameson
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Night Watch (1973)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
![Jacqueline Pearce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318117_363d2e.jpg)
Jacqueline Pearce
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (1988) (series)
Daniel Deronda (2002) (TV movie)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
![Judith Furse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084311_5c229f.jpg)
Judith Furse
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Black Narcissus (1947)
![Len Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/291/160291283_53c20f.jpg)
Len Jones
Best movies:
Straw Dogs (1971)
Spring and Port Wine (1970)
![Grace Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527773_e49913.jpg)
Grace Arnold
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
![Hira Talfrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/219/161219151_784a1d.jpg)
Hira Talfrey
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Witchfinder General (1968)
The Oblong Box (1969)
Rachel Thomas
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Captive Heart (1946)
Under Milk Wood (1971)
![Hamilton Dyce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/377/161377941_e6ebc6.jpg)
Hamilton Dyce
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
Becket (1964)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
![Cyril Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475991_75f944.jpg)
Cyril Chamberlain
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
![Michael Nightingale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/385/161385865_2d3504.jpg)
Michael Nightingale
UK
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
![Anne Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392287_130284.jpg)
Anne Blake
UK
Best movies:
Taste of Fear (1961)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
Richard Davies
UK
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Zulu (1964)
June Ellis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Fred Ferris
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)