- Novel By:
- Kingsley Amis
- Unknown:
- Michael Bryant
- Unknown:
- Denys Blakelock
- Produced By:
- Archie Campbell
- James Dixon (Lucky Jim), a University lecturer:
- Michael Bryant
- Professor Edward Welch:
- Denys Blakelock
- Mrs Welch:
- Gladys Spencer
- Bertrand, their son:
- Peter Howell
- Margaret Peel, another lecturer:
- June Tobin
- Alfred Beesley, Jim's fellow-lodger:
- Anthony Viccars
- Bill Atkinson, another lodger:
- Derek Blomfleld
- Carol Goldsmith, a don's wife:
- Gudrun Ure
- Christine Callaghan, a visitor:
- Christine Finn
- Maconochie, a college porter:
- Donald McKillop
- Julius Gore-Urquhart, a patron of the Arts:
- John Pullen
- Catchpole, a friend of Margaret:
- Anthony Hall
- The Principal:
- Martin Lewis
- Bus conductor:
- Keith Buckley
- Ticket collector:
- Donald McKillop
