The plot concerns the rivalry between the aristocracy and middle class as played out between an English country gentleman, his family, an airline pilot, a passenger, and a socialist.
Meade Roberts wrote the teleplay based on George Bernard Shaw's play Misalliance.
The cast consisted of Claire Bloom as Hypatia, Siobhan McKenna as Lina, Rod Taylor as Joey Percival, Kenneth Haigh as Gunner, John Williams as Lord Summerhayes, Robert Morley as John Tarleton, Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Tarleton, and Robert Casper as Bentley.
"[2] In The New York Times, Jack Gould panned the production as "dated" and "strained".
He also noted that the cast "raced through its lines at breakneck speed but without scant fair or flavor.