Dean Stockwell gives a strong performance as "Paul," an artistically gifted young man living with his miner father, "Walter" (Trevor Howard), and mother (Wendy Hiller). Following a disaster at the local mine, she becomes even more resolved that her son will not follow in his father’s footsteps. When "Hadlock" (Ernest Thesiger) presents him with an opportunity to move to London and find work, it seems like he might be…