- Unknown:
- A. G. MacDonell
- Adapted By:
- Peter Draper
- Narrator:
- Fulton MacKay
- Producer:
- Innes Lloyd
- Director:
- Stephen Frears
- William Hodge:
- Hugh Burden
- Bobby Southcott:
- John Moffatt
- Cameron:
- Christopher Brown
- Davies:
- Gerald James
- Rupert Harcourt:
- John Normington
- Publisher:
- Roger Hammond
- Boone:
- David Jackson
- Major Hawkes:
- Royston Tickner
- Pollock:
- Bruce Boa
- Ballistics professor:
- John Grillo
- Charabanc driver:
- Paul Shane
- Vicar:
- Russell Waters
- Village captain:
- Frank Mills
- Pink youth:
- Brian Pettifer
- Livingstone:
- Robert Mill
- Villager:
- David Battley
- Esmeralda:
- Ann Zelda
- Ferugia:
- Rosalind Knight
- Major-General:
- Alan Lawrance
- Sir Ethelred:
- Edward Underdown
- Mr Bason:
- Peter Childs
