- Writer:
- Jeremy Sandford
- Designer:
- Sally Hulke
- Producer:
- Tony Garnett
- Director:
- Kenneth Loach
- Cathy:
- Carol White
- Reg:
- Ray Brooks
- Johnny:
- Emmett Hennessy
- Eileen:
- Adrienne Frame
- Grandad:
- Wally Patch
- Mrs. Ward:
- Winifred Dennis
- Guest at wedding:
- Alec Coleman
- Welfare Officer:
- Gabrielle Hamilton
- Property Agent:
- Geoffrey Palmer
- Mrs. Alley:
- Phyllis Hickson
- Mr. Hodge:
- Frank Veasey
- Rent Collector:
- Barry Jackson
- Barrister:
- David Crane
- Judge:
- Ruth Kettlewell
- Landlady:
- Kathleen Broadhurst
- Housing Officer:
- John Baddeley
- Health Inspector:
- Ralph Lawton
- Man at eviction:
- James Benton
- Mrs. Penfold:
- Gladys Dawson
- Mr. Abercander:
- Paddy Joyce
- Mrs. Jones:
- Liz McKenzie
- Mr. Jones:
- Ronald Pember
- Anne Jones:
- Anne Ayres
- The ratepayers:
- Lennard Pearce
- The ratepayers:
- David Crane
- The ratepayers:
- Alan Selwyn
- Pauline Jones:
- Maureen Ampleford
- Boat proprietor:
- Will Stampe
- Girl in derelict house:
- Geraldine Moon
- Man in street:
- Bernard Price
- Warden of Cumbermere Lodge:
- Charles Leno
- Nurse:
- Joan Harsant
- Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
- Julie May
- Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
- Myrtle McKenzie
- Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
- Rose Hiller
- Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
- Paddy Kent
- Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge:
- Patti Dalton
- Welfare Committee:
- John Lawrence
- Welfare Committee:
- Faith Kent
- Inmate at Holm Lea:
- Cleo Sylvestre
- Inmate at Holm Lea:
- Andrea Lawrence
- Inmate at Holm Lea:
- Doreen Herrington
- Inmate at Holm Lea:
- Terri Ansell
- Inmate at Holm Lea:
- Muriel Hunte
- Staff:
- Lila Kaye
- Warden at Holm Lea:
- Edwin Brown
- Landlady:
- Helen Booth
- Welfare woman:
- Anne Hardcastle