I would love to agree with d94rc who headed his/her review "This movie is a hidden gem". But I cannot agree with someone who doesn't know the difference between Emlyn Williams and Richard Burton! Williams wrote, directed and played the villian in this brilliant film. Burton was the young hero and the whole cast was excellent, with the honours going to Edith Evans who, as Merri, might have saved the village, but chose to save her adoped son instead.