Canada, Great Britain

• Ragtime Summer
• Summer Rain

Englishman Henry Buchanan (David Warner) takes a teaching job in Canada to escape persecution as a pacifist in the 1914-18 war. But he is soon facing a new moral dilemma when he falls in love with Clarissa (Trudy Young), the 20-year-old daughter of the headmaster (Cec Linder). The relationship deepens, despite the blandishments of his colleagues, the allure of the wealthy but lonely Mrs Boswell (Honor Blackman) and the mounting jealousy of Clarissa's childhood sweetheart (Tim Henry) And when Henry makes the mistake of voicing his pacifist views, he finds himself being persecuted all over again.