- Author/dramatised by:
- Walter Greenwood
- Dramatised by:
- Sheila Hodgson
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Designer:
- Fanny Taylor
- Bert Treville:
- John Stratton
- Charlie Brice:
- Brian Hulme
- Boyo Doyle:
- Kevin Stoney
- Henry Waring:
- Anthony Newlands
- Paula Byron:
- Maureen Pryor
- Mrs Byron:
- Kathleen Williams
- William Byron:
- Malcolm Keen
- Anne Byron:
- Sheila Manahan
- Viola Byron:
- Anne Godfrey
- Sam Hardie:
- Richard Gale
- Chris Winter:
- John Breslin
- Dick Marlowe:
- David Phethean
- Danny Byrne:
- P.G. Stephens
- Mr Anmer-Manning:
- Lawrence Dalzell
- Mrs Lorimer:
- Marjorie Rhodes
- First miner:
- Wilfred Grove
- Second miner:
- John Dunbar
- Third miner:
- Brian Cant
- Photographer:
- Ken Parry