Sean Connery as Detective Sergeant Johnson

Trevor Howard as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant

Vivien Merchant as Maureen Johnson

Ian Bannen as Kenneth Baxter

Peter Bowles as Detective Inspector Cameron

Derek Newark as Frank Jessard

Ronald Radd as Lawson

John Hallam as Panton

Anthony Sagar as Hill

Maxine Gordon as Janie

Hilda Fenemore as Woman on Common

Rhonda Lewis as Woman at School

Cynthia Lund as Child at School

Howard Goorney as Lambert

Brian Grellis as Policeman

Michael Redfern as Policeman

Fred Wood as Billy

Gordon Keating as Barman

Roy Macready as Barman

Richard Moore as Garret

Timothy Craven as Ambulance Man