Heartbreak House

Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge in dangerous flirtations, will anyone notice their drift to destruction?

Cast

John Gielgud

as Captain Shotover

Siân Phillips

as Hesione Hushabye

Lesley-Anne Down

as Ellie Dunn

Daniel Massey

as Hector Hushabye

Barbara Murray

as Lady Utterwood

Donald Pickering

as Randall Utterwood

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