Story by Jeff Hurley , originally produced by the Columbia Workshop. Directed by Gordon Crier , with music composed and conducted by Phil Cardew. Peter Madden as Joe ; his girl, his mother, soldiers, voices, a military policeman played by Joan Miller , Joan Young , Alan Keith , 'Macdonald Parke , Tommy Duggan , Gwen Day Burroughs , Sydney Keith , Leslie Bradley , and Antony Holles