 The film is notable for the screen acting debut of pop singer Cliff Richard in a minor supporting role.An unmarried vicar, the Reverend Howard Phillips (Anthony Quayle), newly arrived in the parish, attempts to get local 19-year-old thug and petty criminal Larry Thompson (Andrew Ray) to face up to his responsibilities to Mary Williams (Leigh Madison), the naive young girl he has made pregnant.When Howard threatens to tell his coffee-bar friends, Larry trashes the room and fakes a struggle.