Jeremy Irons as Tom Crick

Sinéad Cusack as Mary Crick

Grant Warnock as Young Tom

Lena Headey as Young Mary

Callum Dixon as Freddie Parr

Ethan Hawke as Matthew Price

Pete Postlethwaite as Henry Crick

Sean Maguire as Peter

Ross McCall as Terry

David Morrissey as Dick Crick

John Heard as Lewis Scott

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Maggie Ruth

Cara Buono as Judy Dobson

Siri Neal as Helen Atkinson

Gareth Thomas as Publican

Susannah Fellows as Rebecca Scott

Paul Haigh as RAF Man

Tony Vogel as Stan Booth

Tina Benko as Baby's Mother