After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself. One day, a wandering soldier named Barton stops by the farm and the pair begin a relationship. When the military police pass through the area looking for deserters, Barton is forced to disguise himself as a woman to stay with Alice. But he soon catches the eye of a sergeant posted nearby.
Glenda Jackson
Alice Charlesworth
Oliver Reed
Arthur, the Sergeant
Brian Deacon
J.L. Barton
Anthony May
Subaltern
Gavin Richards
Stan
Jenny Lee Wright
Christine
Kenneth Colley
Provo Corporal
Daphne Heard
Shopkeeper
