- Novel By:
- Keith Waterhouse
- Adapted By:
- Kevin Billington
- Composed By:
- Neville McGrah
- Played By:
- Bernard Herrmann
- Produced By:
- Alfred Bradley
- Jackie Heseltine:
- Davy Jones
- Ted Patterson:
- Steven Rosenfield
- Uncle Mad:
- Henry Livings
- Auntie Betty:
- Mary Quinn
- Mrs Longbottom:
- Rosalie Williams
- Marion:
- Sian Davies
- Garno:
- Walter Baddeley
- Mono:
- Michael Goodman
- Big Rayner:
- George Layton
- Little Rayner:
- Graham Atha
- Ginger:
- Robert Powell
- Kathleen Fawcett:
- Mildred Boardman
- Barbara Monoghan:
- Jennifer Moss
- Peggo:
- Nohman Heyes
- Spenco:
- Terry Dene
- Akela:
- Neville McGrah
- Mrs Fawcett:
- Norma Wilson
- Mrs Patterson, Ted's mother:
- Valerie Skardon
- Spenco's mother:
- Gladys Holt
- Old Webby:
- Brian Trueman
- Old Croggy:
- Geoffrey Banks
