Linda Purl
— Emmaline Nevada 'Vada' Holtz
Shane Briant
— Pierre
Timothy Dalton
— Marquis de Guaita
Richard Johnson
— Narrator
Joan Greenwood
— Duchess of Grantham
Paul Lavers
— Duke of Grantham
Kathleen Barrington
— Nancy Sparling
Helena Carroll
— Charity
Godfrey Quigley
— M. Worth
John Franklyn
— Verlaine
Jim Fitzgerald
— Toulouse-Lautrec
Maureen Toal
— La Goulue
Alain Christie
— Arthur Rimbaud
Meryl Gourley
— Mrs. Holtz
Peadar Lamb
— Dr. Mirell
Brian de Salvo
— Jacques
John Molloy
— Taxil
Ann O'Dwyer
— Singer
Eddie Golden
— Peladan