- Author:
- A. P. Herbert
- Music:
- Alfred Reynolds
- Adapted for television and produced by:
- Desmond Davis
- Settings designer:
- James Bould
- Dances arranger:
- Donald Journeaux
- Musical director:
- Alfred Reynolds
- Associate Musical Director:
- William Cox-Ife
- Narrator:
- Sir Alan Herbert
- Bert Bones, a tipster:
- Alan Reid
- John Bitter, landlord of 'The Old Black Horse':
- George Baker
- Rose, a barmaid:
- Beverley Wright
- Mrs. Bones, mother of Bert:
- Vi Stevens
- Sir Horace Waters, J. P., a race-horse owner:
- Gavin Gordon
- Lady Waters, his wife:
- Christina Horniman
- Eddie, their son:
- Dennis Bowen
- Nick Noddle, a jockey:
- Victor Woolf
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Vera Faldo
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Christine Lindsay
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Pauline Stewart
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Theresa Taylor
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Ross Alexander
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- George Armitage
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Archie Baker
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- John Clifford
- Costers, cockneys, racegoers, policemen and customers of 'The Old Black Horse':
- Wilfred Johns
