Gemma Jones
— Anna Firth
Frank Finlay
— Andrew Firth
John Carson
— Ellis Anderson
Mark Dignam
— Anna's father
Annette Crosbie
— Katherine
Joss Ackland
— Albert
Caroline Blakiston
— Esther
Adam Tandy
— Henry
Lysandre De La Haye
— Veronica
Patricia Lawrence
— Housekeeper
Jennifer Daniel
— Jill Anderson
Gwen Cherrell
— Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)
John Nettleton
— Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell
— Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan
— Whiteley
Donald Douglas
— Macleod
Noel Coleman
— Dr. Ernest Farman
Liane Aukin
— Margaret Farman
Terence Bayler
— Stephen Calman
Donna Reading
— Petra Calman
John Carlin
— Sir James Brenton
Shirley Cain
— Lady Emma Brenton
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
— Frederick St. John
Joan Newell
— Jane St. John