A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.
Billie WhitelawMargie
Iain GlenRay
Brenda FrickerRay's Mother
Sarah-Jane HolmDella
Cassie StuartRuthPhil SmeetonMick
Jimmy YuillMan at DykeJulie McDonaldProstitute
Ross KempPolice OfficerTrevor PeakePolice OfficerRobert PetersReporterJoan SpallRegistrar
Peter WhitbreadInspector CartwrightChristopher PooleKerb CrawlerSimon WakefieldBoy fishing
