Robert Flemyng
— W.E. Nightingale
Ursula Howells
— Aunt May
Charles Kay
— Sidney Herbert
Joss Ackland
— Lord Palmerston
Janet Suzman
— Miss Nightingale
Marianne Stone
— Miss Trott
Renée Asherson
— Fanny Nightingale
Frances Cuka
— Parthe Nightingale
Denise Buckley
— Marianne Nicholson
James Faulkner
— Henry Nicholson
David Janson
— Jake