Overview

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

Cast

Hayley Mills

Susan Harper

Hywel Bennett

Martin (Georgie) Durnley

Billie Whitelaw

Joan Harper

Frank Finlay

Henry Durnley

Barry Foster

Gerry Henderson

Phyllis Calvert

Enid Durnley

Salmaan Peerzada

Shashie Kadir