Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.

William Hartnell
Tom Masterick

Jimmy Hanley
Peter Rogers

Chili Bouchier
Doris Masterick

Brefni O'Rorke
Sullivan

John Slater
Fred Smith

Dinah Sheridan
Jill Masterick

Petula Clark
Jill as a child

Kynaston Reeves
Crossley King’s Council

John Salew
Blake King’s Council

Edward Rigby
Spike
K. Lung
Sam Wung See

Maire O'Neill
Mrs Moore
Ethel Coleridge
Mrs Green
Ellis Irving
Detective Sergeant Howell

Aubrey Mallalieu
Judge