, 1h45 Directed byJames Clavell OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms about education ActorsSidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Ann Bell, Lulu, Geoffrey Bayldon Roles Miss Wong Rating75% Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed man, applies for an engineering job but it will be a long time before a decision is made. He also applies for, and is awarded, a teaching position at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London. He comes from British Guyana via California.