- Author (Mary Wakefield):
- Mazo de la Roche
- Producer:
- Douglas Allen
- Settings:
- Stephen Bundy
- Adeline Whiteoak:
- Jean Anderson
- Her son - Nicholas:
- Richard Caldicot
- Her son - Ernest:
- Geoffrey Dunn
- Her son - Philip:
- Peter Williams
- Philip's children - Meg:
- Carol Wolveridge
- Philip's children - Renny:
- Sonny Doran
- Mary Wakefield, governess to the children:
- Mary Watson
- Friend of the Whiteoaks:
- Muriel Craig: Virginia McKenna
- Friend of the Whiteoaks:
- Clive Busby: Peter Dyneley
- Mrs. Nettleship, housekeeper at 'Jalna':
- Beatrice Varley
- Dr. Ramsey, Philip's father-in-law:
- Mark Daly
- Guest:
- Ann St. Barbe-West
- Guest:
- Nicholas Brent
- Guest:
- Elizabeth Bremeld
- Guest:
- Percy Herbert