ACCLAIMED STAR ALAN BATES (WOMEN IN LOVE, GOSFORD PARK) PLAYS VIC BROWN, A YOUNG DRAUGHTSMAN WHOSE SEARCH FOR LOVE LEADS TO INGRID ROTHWELL (JUNE RITCHIE IN HER SCREEN DEBUT), AN EMPLOYEE IN THE COMPANY.

INGRID FALLS IN LOVE WITH VIC, ONLY TO FIND HERSELF PREGNANT, AND VIC RELUCTANTLY MARRIES HER.

HER MISCARRIAGE LEAVES VIC WITH THE BITTER THOUGHT ‘I DIDN’T HAVE TO MARRY HER’ AND LASHED BY THE ACID-TONGUED REMARKS OF A SOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW (THORA HIRD) VIC RUNS AWAY…

AFTER ADAPTING THIS STAN BARSTOW NOVEL, RENOWNED DIRECTOR JOHN SCHLESINGER WENT ON TO DIRECT THE INSTANT BRITISH CLASSICS BILLY LIAR, DARLING, AND THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED MIDNIGHT COWBOY.