Adaptation of the Balzac novel. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.

• Helen Mirren
• Colin Baker
• Thorley Walters
• Ursula Howells
• John Bryans
• Harriet Harper
• Edward de Souza
• Esmond Knight