[2][3] The film stars Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Michael Coles, John Standing and Eleanor Bron.

Rosamund Stacey, a young bookish girl in London society, spends her days studying for a doctorate in the British Museum and her nights avoiding the sexual attention of the men in her life.

After a further chance meeting and a tumble on the sofa, she finds herself pregnant from her first sexual encounter.

After a failed attempt at self-induced abortion, Rosamund resolves to have the child, leaving her on a solitary and at times discouraging path through pregnancy as a single mother.

[4] Milton Subotsky said the film was not a box office success, but since the filmmakers sold it to the distributors for more than its cost, they made a profit.