- Unknown:
- T. S. Eliot
- Amy, Dowager Lady Monchensey:
- Gladys Young
- Ivy:
- Susan Richards
- Violet:
- Vivienne Chatterton
- Agatha:
- Barbara Couper
- Col the Hon Gerald Piper:
- William Devlin
- Hon Charles Piper:
- Ronald Simpson
- Mary:
- Barbara Lott
- Harry, Lord Monchensey:
- John Gielgud
- Downing, his servant:
- Russell Waters
- Dr Warburton:
- William Trent
- Sergeant Winchell:
- Stanley Groome
