In search of a story in the northern England town of Cardwell, newspaper reporter Polly Jordan and her favourite photographer enjoy a bit of friendly, personal banter before knocking on the purple door of a house belonging to Lizzie Flint, an old lady who had survived World War Ⅱ and who had wonderful wartime memories. Her son, Billy, had been at Dunkirk. Billy turns up after his mother's death and gets involved with Polly, a love/lust...