In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

Robert Mitchum
as Charles

Trevor Howard
as Father Collins

Christopher Jones
as Major Doryan

John Mills
as Michael

Leo McKern
as Thomas Ryan

Sarah Miles
as Rosy

Barry Foster
as Tim O'Leary

Marie Kean
as Mrs. McCardle

Arthur O'Sullivan
as Mr. McCardle

Evin Crowley
as Moureen