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Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

Stephen Archibald
Jamie

Joseph Blatchley
Robert

Paul Kermack
Jamie's father

Jessie Combe
Father's wife

William Carroll
Their son, Archie

Morag McNee
Father's girlfriend

Lennox Milne
Grandmother

John Young
Shop assistant

Gerald James
Mr Bridge

Radir
Egyptian boy

Andrew
Boy in home