
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.

as Rev. Francis Ashby

as Elinor Hartley

as Caroline Hartley

as Oliver Syme

as Haskell

as Cable

as Mrs. Cantrell

as Pollitt

as Rushden - The President

as Anderson

as Hapgood

as Gowers

as Maynard

as Dr. Butler

as Groves

as Dr. Weeks

as Mrs. Weeks

as Canon Harper

as Voe

as Cave

as Ashby Senior

as Undergraduate 'King Lear'

as Swiss Guide

as John Weeks