Helena Bonham Carter
— Rosemary
Richard E. Grant
— Gordon Comstock
Julian Wadham
— Ravelston
Jim Carter
— Erskine
Harriet Walter
— Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage
— Hermione
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
— Mrs. Wisbeach
Liz Smith
— Mrs Meakin
John Clegg
— McKechnie
Malcolm Sinclair
— Paul Doring
Ben Miles
— Ravenscroft Waiter
Dorothy Atkinson
— Dora
Mark Chapman
— Court Room Journalist (uncredited)