"A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care."
Sidney Poitier
as Mark Thackeray
Christian Roberts
as Denham
Judy Geeson
as Pamela Dare
Suzy Kendall
as Gillian Blanchard
Lulu
as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
Ann Bell
as Mrs. Dare
Geoffrey Bayldon
as Theo Weston
Faith Brook
as Grace Evans
Patricia Routledge
as Clinty Clintridge
Christopher Chittell
as Potter
Lynne Sue Moon
as Miss Wong
Adrienne Posta
as Moira Joseph
Edward Burnham
as Florian
Rita Webb
as Mrs. Joseph
Fiona Duncan
as Euphemia Phillips
Mona Bruce
as Josie Dawes
Marianne Stone
as Gert
Dervis Ward
as Mr. Bell
Peter Attard
as Ingham
Sally James
as Schoolgirl
Grahame Charles
as Fernman
Michael Des Barres
as Williams
Margaret Heald
as Osgood
Ellison Kemp
as Campbell
Albert Lampert
as Schoolboy
Chitra Neogy
Stewart Bevan
Cyril Shaps
as Mr. Pinkus (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
as Mr. Clark
Elna Pearl
Bonnie Lythgoe
as Purcel (as Bonita Shawe)
Anthony Villaroel
as Seales
Richard Willson
as Curly
Carla Challoner
as Strong
Joseph Cuby
as Sapiano
Sally Gosselin
as Tuffen
Kevin Hubbard
Howard Knight
Jayne Peach
as Jeanie Clarke (as Jane Peach)
Gareth Robinson
as Tich Jackson
Roger Shepherd
as 'Fats' Buckley
Stephen Whittaker
Ric Rothwell
as Band Member - Drums, Vocals (as 'The Mindbenders')
Bob Lang
as Band Member - Bass (as 'The Mindbenders')
Eric Stewart
as Band Member - Guitar, Vocals (as 'The Mindbenders')
John Clifford
as Man in Market (uncredited)
Stephen Davey
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Nicholas Young
James Clavell
Producer
Director
Ian Whittaker
Set Dresser
Tony Woollard
Art Direction
Writer
Peter Thornton
Editor
E.R. Braithwaite
Jill Carpenter
Makeup Artist
Paul Beeson
Director of Photography
Ron Grainer
Original Music Composer
Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director
Laurie Ridley
Still Photographer