- Writer/Based on the story by:
- L.A.G. Strong
- Writer:
- Barbara Burnham
- Producer:
- Owen Reed
- Storyteller:
- George Holloway
- Ruth Palmer:
- Aileen Mills
- Amos Ward:
- Stephen Jack
- Dick Brendon, as a boy:
- Paul Casling
- Dick Brendon, as a man:
- Hedley Goodall
- Pellow Varley:
- Wilfred Babbage
- Vosper:
- Bryan Powley
- Mrs. Palmer:
- Phyllis Smale
- Muggeridge:
- Norman Kendall
- Parson Huddice:
- Richard Hurndall
- Tozer:
- Lewis Gedge
- A manager:
- Bert Middleton
- An agent:
- Charles Marford
- A master of ceremonies:
- Bernard Fishwick
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- Michael Bradford
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- Roy Berry
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- Douglas Leach
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- Geoffrey Matthews
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- William Haining
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- Richard George
- Onlookers and neighbours played by:
- John Bradford