"A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges."
Celia Johnson
as Matty Matheson
Cecil Parker
as Henry Phipps
Joan Collins
as Norma Hart
Laurence Harvey
as Jordie Bennett
Godfrey Tearle
as Judge Pyke
Harry Fowler
as Charlie Hooker
George Relph
as Mr Dove
Ernest Jay
as Mr. Quayle
Stanley Escane
as Buck
Cyril Waites
as Dai
Ursula Howells
as Hon. Ursula
Sid James
as Sergeant Body
Katie Johnson
as Miss Macklin
Ada Reeve
as Mrs. Crockett
Brenda De Banzie
as Mrs. Hooker
Alex McCrindle
as Mr. Haines
Laurence Naismith
as Sergeant Braxton
John Orchard
as Braxton
Herbert C. Walton
as Frost
David Hannaford
as Braxton Child
Gwynne Whitby
as Policewoman Andrews
Fred Griffiths
as Crump
Richard Hart
as Eric Stevens
Gladys Henson
as Mrs. Stevens
Peggy Ann Clifford
as Mrs. Tyson (uncredited)
Edward Evans
as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
Judith Furse
as Policewoman Jones (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
as Passerby (uncredited)
Mandy Miller
as Child (uncredited)
Brian Roper
as Hostel Boy (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
as Jim - Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Mavis Villiers
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
as Bert (uncredited)
Doris Yorke
as Mrs. Pollock (uncredited)
Basil Dearden
Screenplay
Peter Tanner
Editor
Michael Relph
Maurice Carter
Art Direction
Jack Whittingham
Director
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Producer
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Gordon Dines
Director of Photography
Leonard Bulkley
Sound Recordist
Norman Priggen
Assistant Director
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Designer
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
L. C. Rudkin
Unit Production Manager
Arthur Bradburn
Sewell Stokes
Book
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Music Director
Harry Wilton
Stephen Dalby
Sound Supervisor
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator