- Author:
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Adapted for television by:
- Michael Voysey
- Producer:
- Michael Elliott
- Designer:
- Roy Oxley
- Chinese flute played by:
- Wilfred Smith
- Geoffrey Hammond:
- David Peel
- Leslie Crosbie:
- Celia Johnson
- Head boy:
- John A. Tinn
- Howard Joyce:
- Roland Culver
- Mrs. Joyce:
- Barbara Lott
- Robert Crosbie:
- Norman Wooland
- John Withers:
- David Terence
- Ong Chi Seng:
- Patrick Cargill
- Mrs. Parker:
- Barbara Everest
- Chung Hi:
- Cameron Hall
- Chinese woman:
- Rita Stevens
- Judge:
- Keith Shepherd
- Deputy Clerk:
- Eric Thompson
- Attorney General:
- Willoughby Goddard
- Interpreter:
- Andy Ho
- Other parts played by:
- Hilary Bays
- Other parts played by:
- Mary Henderson
- Other parts played by:
- Joan Lovelace
- Other parts played by:
- Clive Carson
- Other parts played by:
- Cyril Renison
- Other parts played by:
- Gladys Beggs
- Other parts played by:
- A. Ming
- Other parts played by:
- John Abbass
- Other parts played by:
- Chong Choy
- Other parts played by:
- C.A. Da Rocha
- Other parts played by:
- A. Lowe
- Other parts played by:
- Jogindar Singh Sohdi