On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
Michael Wilding
Anna Neagle
Gladys Young
Daphne Slater
Jack Watling
Michael Medwin
Edgar Norfolk
G.H. Mulcaster
Coral Browne
Alice Gachet
Helen Cherry
Ethel O'Shea
Terry Randall
Thora Hird
Nicholas Phipps
Bernard Lee
Max Kirby
Percy Walsh
Hyma Beckley
Edie Martin
Hal Osmond
Robert Raglan
Edward Rigby