- Author/dramatised by:
- Walter Greenwood
- Dramatised by:
- Sheila Hodgson
- Producer:
- Chloe Gibson
- Film cameraman:
- Bryan Langley
- Film editor:
- Larry Toft
- Designer:
- Fanny Taylor
- Lamplighter:
- Terence Soall
- Mrs Doyle:
- Ann Heffernan
- Mrs Lorinier:
- Marjorie Rhodes
- Mrs Byron:
- Kathleen Williams
- Paula:
- Maureen Pryor
- Bert Treville:
- John Stratton
- Sam Hardie:
- Richard Gale
- Viola:
- Anne Godfrey
- Chris Winter:
- John Breslin
- Jackie:
- James Rae
- Joe:
- Charles Lamb
- First miner:
- Wilfred Grove
- Second miner:
- John Dunbar
- Figgins:
- Ray Brooks
- Henry Waring:
- Anthony Newlands
- Anne:
- Sheila Manahan
- P.C. Charlie:
- John Crocker
- P.C. Jack:
- Philip Ray
- Woman at pit head:
- Nuna Davey
- First journalist:
- Trevor Bannister
- Second journalist:
- Edward Brooks
- Third journalist:
- Barry Steele
- Manager of Colliery:
- Reginald Green
- William Byron:
- Malcolm Keen
- Priest:
- Patrick Boxill
