Jason Robards as Mark Twain

Talia Shire as Jean Clemens

R.H. Thomson as Albert Paine

Fiona Reid as Mrs. Quick

Chris Wiggins as Captain

Amy Stewart as Dorothy Quick

Anna Ferguson as Arabella

Chapelle Jaffe as Sarah Hardwig

Colin Fox as Dr. Quintard

Susan Coyne as Miss Hobby

Bunty Webb as Minnie

Jenny Turner as Mrs. Woods

Brian Paul as Ship's Purser

Corinne Conley as Saleswoman

Michael Polley as Orchestra Leader

James Mainprize as Concierge

Lee MacDougall as Porter

Roy Lewis as Carriage Man

John Shepherd as Oxford Dean

Douglas E. Hughes as Reporter #1

John Bayliss as Reporter #2

Yank Azman as Reporter #3

Kelly Spalding as Schoolgirl #1