Philip Jackson
— Colin Pasmore
Alison Steadman
— Kay Pasmore
Jimmy Jewel
— Mr. Pasmore
Lindsay Ingram
— Marjorie
Richard Wilson
— Abercrombie
James Griffiths
— Arthur Coles
Edna Doré
— Landlady
Penelope Wilton
— Helen
T. P. McKenna
— Helen's husband
Moti Makan
— Shopkeeper
Keith Marsh
— Undertaker
Pat Roach
— Bruiser
Paul McDowell
— Bill Newsome
Roger Hammond
— Fowler
Anne Dyson
— Mrs. Pasmore
Marjorie Yates
— Eileen
Fred Pearson
— Jack
Phil Davis
— Post office clerk