Tony Hancock
— Hlestakov
Reginald Barratt
— Yosif
John Phillips
— The Mayor
Helen Christie
— Anna
Susan Maryott
— Marya
Peter Copley
— School Superintendent
Philip Leaver
— Health Commissioner
Noel Howlett
— The Judge
Wilfrid Brambell
— The Postmaster
Michael Segal
— Bobchinsky
John Gill
— Dobchinsky
Harold Kasket
— Abdulla
Denis Holmes
— 2nd Merchant
Hamilton Dyce
— 3rd Merchant
Reginald Hearne
— Police Superintendent
Frank Sieman
— Innkeeper
Gertan Klauber
— Mishka
Alexis Bobrinskoy
— Gendarme
Douglas Blackwell
— 1st Constable
Dervis Ward
— 2nd Constable
Roy Dotrice
— Soldier
Daniel Moynihan
— Soldier