- Author:
- A. J. Cronin
- Dramatised by:
- Don Shaw
- Music composed by:
- Michael Stuckey
- Costume Designer:
- Irene Whilton
- Make-up Artist:
- Marion Richards
- Designer:
- Chris Edwards
- Producer:
- Ken Riddington
- Director:
- Mike Vardy
- Andrew Manson:
- Ben Cross
- David Hope:
- David Gwillim
- Christine Manson:
- Clare Higgins
- Sir William Dewar:
- Cyril Luckham
- Sir Robert Abbey:
- John Welsh
- Dr Whinney:
- Robert Raglan
- Professor Challis:
- Buster Merryfield
- Dr Gadsby:
- Preston Lockwood
- Old lady:
- Katharine Page
- Policeman:
- Chas Bryer
- Prostitute:
- Debbie Arnold
- Freddy Hamson:
- Michael Cochrane
- Angela Hamson:
- Wendy Allnutt
- Paul Deedman:
- Nicholas Day
- Mrs Deedman:
- Adrienne Burgess
- Charles Ivory:
- John Nettleton
- Sylvia Ivory:
- Wendy Williams