Lovely and sensitive Maud Ruthyn is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings.

Beatie EdneyMaud Ruthyn

Jane LapotaireMadame de la Rougierre

Tim WoodwardDudley Ruthyn

Guy RolfeDr. Bryerly

Barbara ShelleyCousin Monica

Norma ShebbeareMary Quince

Simon ShepherdCaptain Oakley

Peter O'TooleSilas Ruthyn

Marcus GilbertLord Carysbroke

Patti LovePeg Hawkes

Conrad PhillipsDickon Hawkes

Hilary SestaLucy Wyatt

John BakerOld Giles

Alan MacNaughtanAustin Ruthyn

Rhoda LewisMrs Lusk

Wolfe MorrisMr Gimson

Leslie FrenchLawyer

John CrockerReverend Clay

Claire van KampenPianist

Charlotte ColemanMillie Ruthyn