On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry.
Virginia McKenna
Ronald Fraser
Suzanna Hamilton
Simon West
Sophie Neville
Stephen Grendon
Kit Seymour
Lesley Bennett
Brenda Bruce
Mike Pratt
John Franklyn-Robbins
Jack Woolgar
David Blagden