Anthony Hopkins
— Bill Hooper
Jim Broadbent
— Roger Miles
Harriet Walter
— Emmy Hooper
Frances Viner
— Cheryl Langford
Simon Callow
— Mark Varda
Miriam Margolyes
— Jane Powell
Joanne Whalley
— Mary Hall
Michael Byrne
— Leonard Scruby
Stephen Fry
— Creighton
Clifford Rose
— Judge
Jennie Stoller
— Bill's friend
Johanna Kirby
— Bill's friend