A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.

The Rev. John Smallwood

Archdeacon Aspinall

Lady Despard

The Other Smallwood

Simpson

Matthew Robinson

Harry Smith

Rene Smith

Winnie Smith

Mrs Smith-Gould

Major Fowler

Fred Smith

Wilson, Prison Officer

Housewife

Bank Manager

Butcher

Rev. Owen Thomas

Sir Geoffrey Despard

Prison Governor

Prime Minister
May 20, 1963

The Rev. John Smallwood

Archdeacon Aspinall

Lady Despard

The Other Smallwood

Simpson

Matthew Robinson

Harry Smith

Rene Smith

Winnie Smith

Mrs Smith-Gould

Major Fowler

Fred Smith

Wilson, Prison Officer

Housewife

Bank Manager

Butcher

Rev. Owen Thomas

Sir Geoffrey Despard

Prison Governor

Prime Minister
