When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
as Denis Midgley
as Aunty Kitty
as Joyce Midgley
as Valery
as Colin Midgley
as Alice Duckworth
as Frank Midgley
as Denis as a Boy
as Denis' Mother
as Joyce's Mother
as Hartley
as Uncle Ernest
as Miss Tunstall
as Mr Horsfall
as Headmaster
as Jean
as Mark
as Elizabeth
as Mrs Azakwale
as Black Doctor
as Very Young Doctor
as Heather - Day Nurse
as Orderly
as Senior Nursing Officer
as Hospital Clerk
as Young Man on Telephone
as Woman on Telephone
as Fat Man
as Teacher
as 1st Nurse
as 2nd Nurse