Joan Plowright as Cissie Colpitts 1

Juliet Stevenson as Cissie Colpitts 2

Joely Richardson as Cissie Colpitts 3

Bernard Hill as Madgett

Jason Edwards as Smut

Bryan Pringle as Jake

Trevor Cooper as Hardy

David Morrissey as Bellamy

John Rogan as Gregory

Paul Mooney as Teigan

Jane Gurnett as Nancy

Kenny Ireland as Jonah Bognor

Michael Percival as Moses Bognor

Joanna Dickens as Mrs. Hardy

Janine Duvitski as Marina Bellamy

Michael Fitzgerald as Mr. 70 Van Dyke

Edward Tudor-Pole as Mr. 71 Van Dyke

Natalie Morse as The Skipping Girl

Arthur Spreckley as Sid the Gravedigger

Ian Talbot as The Police Detective

Roderic Leigh as The Policeman

Vanni Corbellini as The Hare

Jose Berg as Skipping Girl's Mother

Peter Jaques as Priest (uncredited)