Tony Hancock as Walter Pinner

Sylvia Syms as Delia Pinner

Ronald Fraser as Mayor Palmer

Barbara Murray as Lady Jane Caterham

John Le Mesurier as The Sandman

Eddie Byrne as Ice Cream Man

Mario Fabrizi as Nevil Shanks

Hattie Jacques as Dolly The Fortune Teller

Hugh Lloyd as Edward Cox

Peter Vaughan as Committee Man

Gerald Harper as 1st Drunk

Laurie Main as 2nd Drunk

Michael Ripper as Waiter

Carole Ann Ford as Girl in Kiosk

John Dunbar as Committee Man

Brian Bedford as 1st Escort

Peter Myers as 2nd Escort

Walter Hudd as Clergyman

Norman Chappell as Footman

Pauline Jameson as Mayoress

Russell Waters as Bobby Bachelor

Priscilla Morgan as Irene

Ray Marioni as Kitchen Hand

Kevin Brennan as Landlord

Terence Brook as Barman

Brian Matthew as Radio DJ

Norman Bird as Reginald Fletcher

Carole Ann Ford as Girl in Seaside Kiosk (Uncredited)

Fred Berman as MC

Nicholas Webb as Peter, the Boy Who Likes Ice Cream