The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.
| Directing | Jack Cardiff | Director |
| Writing | D.H. Lawrence | Novel |
| Editing | Gordon Pilkington | Editor |
| Writing | Gavin Lambert | Screenplay |
| Camera | Freddie Francis | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mike Rutter | Clapper Loader |
| Writing | T. E. B. Clarke | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mario Nascimbene | Original Music Composer |
