Kenneth Colley
— Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
Tim Pigott-Smith
— Capt. Thomas Hardy
Geraldine James
— Lady Emma Hamilton
Raf Vallone
— Caracciolo
Paolo Bonacelli
— King Ferdinando
Phil Daniels
— William Blackie
Anna Massey
— Lady Frances Nelson
Daniel Massey
— William Beckford
Ken Kitson
— Mangan
Laurence Naismith
— Rev. Edmund Nelson
Clive Kneller
— 2nd Gun Crew