Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.
Jamie

Robert

Jamie's father

Father's wife

Their son, Archie

Father's girlfriend
Grandmother
Shop assistant

Mr Bridge

Egyptian boy
Boy in home