Starting with 'The Turn of the Tide' ten years earlier, religious faith had regularly occupied a central role in Norman Walker's films for the Rank Organisation; and this proved his final work within the 'mainstream' before he rolled his sleeves up and finally devoted himself fully to doing the Lord's work onscreen.
The action of this film version of Dorothy Whipple's 1934 novel covers several years, which also enables it to show the miracle of a very young - although not as young as she's playing - Joan Greenwood growing from a schoolgirl to a young woman.
The action of this film version of Dorothy Whipple's 1934 novel covers several years, which also enables it to show the miracle of a very young - although not as young as she's playing - Joan Greenwood growing from a schoolgirl to a young woman.