Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood. We witness his close shaves, and his struggle with a man who tries to keep our furry hero as a pet.

• Rank Organisation, The
• Peter Ustinov
• Peter Bennett
• Edward Underdown
• Brenda Cavendish
• John Leeson
• Reg Lye
• George Waring
• Stanley Lebor