In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a Β£5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbours a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conquer all? Is there some way of getting rid of tea-leaves except down the sink?

Dirk Bogarde
as Tony Howard

Susan Stephen
as Anne Howard

Cecil Parker
as John Purves

Eileen Herlie
as Helen Purves

Athene Seyler
as Miss Mainbrace

Dennis Price
as Mr. Debenham

Pia Terri
as Mrs. Debenham

James Hayter
as Plumber

Thora Hird
as Mrs. Doyle

George Woodbridge
as Alf