John Hurt as Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp as Himself

John Rhys-Davies as Barndoor

Colin Higgins as Thumbnails

Liz Gebhardt as Art Student

Patricia Hodge as Ballet Teacher

Stanley Lebor as Mr. Pole

Katherine Schofield as Mrs. Pole

Antonia Pemberton as Mrs Longhurst

Stephen Johnstone as Young Quentin

Lloyd Lamble as Mr. Crisp

Shane Briant as Norma

Roger Lloyd Pack as Liz

Phil Daniels as 1st Boy

Richard Butler as Senior Doctor

Joan Ryan as Mrs Crisp

Frank Forsyth as Family Doctor

Ron Pember as Black Cat Proprietor

Derek West as Freda

David Fielder as June

Dennis Chinnery as Business Man

John Flanagan as 1st Policeman

David Goodland as 2nd Policeman

Dennis Blanch as 1st Rough

Billy Colvill as 2nd Rough

Anthony Heaton as Quentin's Rough

Richie Stewart as Bus Conductor

Jiggy Bhore as Receptionist

Graham Armitage as Mr Dunsmore

James Marcus as Clerkenwell Tough

John Malcolm as Taxi Driver

Michael Bangerter as Club Manager

Julian Fox as 1st Dancer

Barry McGinn as 2nd Dancer

Jan Chappell as Neurotic Girl

John Forbes-Robertson as Civil Servant

Frederick Treves as Detective-Inspector

Adrian Shergold as Gloria

Anthony Howard as Lord Alcohol

Annette Badland as Tap Dancing Pupil

Anna Wing as Old Lady

Dominic Allan as Army Sergeant

John Crocker as Army Doctor

John Cater as Psychiatrist

Harvey Ashby as Actor

Don Fellows as 1st GI

Bob Sherman as 2nd GI

Susan Wooldridge as Model

Christopher Coll as Art Master

Peter Sproule as 1st Plain Clothes Man

Robert Gary as 2nd Plain Clothes Man

Charles Pemberton as Court PC

David Trevena as Clerk

Martin Boddey as Magistrate

Ernest C. Jennings as Court Attendant

Raymond Boal as 2nd Boy