Alec Guinness (E.H. Machin)
Petula Clark (Nellie Cotterill)
Glynis Johns (Ruth Earp)
Valerie Hobson (Countess of Chell)
Edward Chapman (Herbert Duncalf)
Michael Trubshawe (Yeomanry Officer)
Henry Edwards (Mr. Cotterill)
Deirdre Doyle (Widow Hullins)
Harold Goodwin (John)
Peter Copley (Shillitoe)
Paul Hopkins (Denry as a Baby)
Alison Leggatt (Mrs. Cotterill)
Lynn Evans (The Boatman)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (Lord)
Michael Hordern (Banker)
Matthew Guinness (Denry as a Boy)
Joan Hickson (Mrs. Codleyn)
Gibb McLaughlin (Emery)
Veronica Turleigh (Mrs. Machin)
George Devine (Herbert Calvert)
Frank Pettingell (Supt. Barlow)