Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.

Petula Clark
Bee

Anne Seymour
Zena

John Castle
Jim
Mark Burdis
Cliff (Runaway Child)
Paul Charles
Winston (Runaway Child)
Noel Collins
Sergeant

Roland Culver
Mr. Salford
Lucy Durham-Matthews
Angela
Charmain Falode
Gloria (Runaway Child)

Michael Hadley
Dr. Winthrope

Christian Henson
Joe

Michael Shannon
Peter

Harry Andrews
Ruby Head
Mrs. Hopkins
Ian Land
Frank (Runaway Child)