On screen
Cast
92 credited performers
Peter Firth
Tommy Adams
Ian McKellen
David Masterman
Susan Penhaligon
Ianthe Forrest
Prunella Ransome
Katherine Forrest
Marilyn Taylerson
Julia Tern
Joe Holmes
Mr Foulkes
Rosalind Ayres
Alice Hartop
Ray Smith
Mr Holland
Brenda Bruce
Mrs Holland
Robert Keegan
Mr Hartop
Maria Charles
Mrs Hartop
Tom Chadbon
Albert
Penelope Wilton
Rachel Sullens
Clare Sutcliffe
Lindy Sullens
Gillian Martell
Mrs Adams
Trevor Bannister
Arthur Dagnall
Queenie Watts
Molly Blatts
James Ottaway
Mr Duffy
John Horsley
Judge
Pauline Collins
Ruby
Anna Cropper
Nan
Joss Ackland
Potter-Jones
George Waring
Mr Belfrage
Meg Johnson
Barmaid
Susan Fleetwood
Mary McDowall
Gareth Thomas
Frank Oppidan
John Welsh
Fergus McDowall
Susan Tebbs
Elizabeth Plantney
Carl Bernard
Thorpe
Peter Cellier
Archibold
Donald Eccles
Judge
Kevin Lindsay
Clerk
William Simons
Jesse
Rex Arundel
Dr Ainsworth
Jean Rimmer
Wardress
Morag Hood
Breeze Anstey
Meg Wynn Owen
Lorn
Bernard Archard
Vernon
Rachel Kempson
Miss Wills
Tenniel Evans
Mr Harvey
Joan Newell
Mrs Harvey
Bryan Marshall
Tom Richards
Barbara Ewing
Edna Johnson
Michael Elphick
Jack
Diane Keen
Girl in Office
Alistair Cooke
Self – Narrator
Stephan Chase
The Honourable Gerald Laughlin
Jane Lapotaire
Orianda Crabbe
June Watson
Lizzie
Glyn Houston
Nathaniel Crabbe
Dorothy Black
Lady Tillington
Herbert Ramskill
Porter
Edward Peel
Man in Tap Room
Fred Feast
Farmer
Keith Drinkel
Harvey Witlow
Mary Wimbush
Mrs Witlow
Jane Carr
Sophy Daws
Sheila Ruskin
Mary Sadgrove
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs Sadgrove
Daphne Heard
Cassandra
Michael Raghan
Amos
Daphne Goddard
Amos' Wife
Philip Dunbar
Best Man
Maggie Fitzgibbon
Stella Bartholomew
Robert Urquhart
Barty Bartholomew
Carolyn Courage
Christine
Jeremy Brett
Captain Blaine
Agnes Lauchlan
Aunt Bertie – Miss Charlesworth
Renée Asherson
Mother
Mary Healey
Ruby
Maggie Wells
Mary
Joanna Shelley
Brenda
Rowland Davies
Lt Pascoe
John Wells
Trooper Jordan
Freddy Marks
John
Royston Tickner
Sgt Hipwell
Peter Dudley
Batman
William Wymar
Mr Carter
Nicholas Hoye
George Pickard
Cherith Mellor
Kitty
Ray Mort
Albert Pickard
Prunella Scales
Babs Pickard
Priscilla Morgan
Mrs Lambton
Mike Murray
Harry
John Jardine
Vicar
Michael Kitchen
Henry Batley
Kate Nelligan
Christie Davenport
Jan Francis
Sophie Davenport
Veronica Quilligan
Tina Davenport
Zena Walker
Mrs Davenport
Clifford Cox
Sgt Baines
Marc Ellis
Ellacot