When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
| Directing | Michael Anderson | Director |
| Writing | John Brophy | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Soskin | Screenplay |
| Production | Paul Soskin | Producer |
| Camera | Harry Waxman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Alex Vetchinsky | Production Design |
| Art | Arthur Taksen | Set Decoration |
