Maria Aitken
— Jemima Shore
Renée Asherson
— Mother Ancilla
Susan Engel
— Sister Agnes
Brenda Bruce
— Sister Elizabeth
Sylvia Coleridge
— Sister Boniface
Doran Godwin
— Sister Lucy
Margaret D'Arcy
— Sister Clare
Patsy Kensit
— Tessa
Catrina Hylton-Hull
— Mandy
James Laurenson
— Alexander Skarbek
Linda Slater
— Dodo
Sarah Webb
— Margaret
Michèle Winstanley
— Blanche
Elvi Hale
— Lady Polly
John Bryans
— Sir Charles
David Burke
— Tom Amyas M.P.
Mary Healey
— Beatrice O'Dowd
Ronald Mayer
— Dr. Mayhew
Kate Binchy
— Sister Edward
James Appleby
— Joe