In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.
Owen TealeJohn O'Brien
Sean BeanDominic O'Brien
Clare HolmanMary Llewellyn
Billie WhitelawBeatrice Llewellyn
Ian BannenPeter Bracken
Jane HorrocksChristine Bracken
Mark MulhollandFr. O'MalleyAnny TobinMary Ellen O'Brien
Leslie SchofieldShane O'BrienFaye DannellKatie O'BrienGillian HopeMolly O'BrienScott FrazerMick O'Brien
Frank WindsorJames LlewellynColin BavidgeDavid Bracken
Barbara MartenHannah Kelly
