Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.

Finlay Currie
Old 'Mick-Mack'

Duncan Lamont
Barney

Naomi Chance
Molly
Hilda Fenemore
Madge
David Hannaford
Barney Wee

Edie Martin
Gloomy Gertie
Gordon Whiting
Young Kennie

Edward Chapman
Works Manager

George Merritt
Timekeeper
Eugene Leahy
Old Worker
Pauline Winter
Personnel Manager
Michael Bird
Builder
Tony Kilshawe
Manager
Kenneth Henry
Labour Exchange Clerk
Herbert C. Walton
First Old Man