1930s British comedy from director Bernard Vorhaus and producer Joe Rock. Rival factory owners Sam (Stanley Holloway) and Bill (Will Fyffe) try to work together in order to obtain a big contract. The situation is further complicated when Sam's son Jack (Jimmy Hanley) and Bill's niece Joan (Mary Lawson) become romantically involved.

A semi-documentary based on the lives of two friends living on the remote Shetland island of Foula. It shows their struggles with the harshness of isolation and the everyday hurdles of love and survival. In 1978 director Michael Powell added a new (colour) introduction and epilogue to the film which was re-titled `Return to the Edge of the World'.