A father's prolonged absence and sudden violent downfall fracture a working-class family, leading to imprisonment and a fragile emotional reconciliation.
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Michael Anderson
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