Meryl Streep as Susan Traherne

Tracey Ullman as Alice Park

John Gielgud as Sir Leonard Darwin

Sting as Mick

Ian McKellen as Sir Andrew Charleson

Sam Neill as Lazar

Burt Kwouk as Mr. Aung

Charles Dance as Raymond Brock

Christopher Fairbank as Spencer

Hugh Laurie as Michael

John Serret as French Farmer

André Maranne as Villon

Tristram Jellinek as Dauncey

Ian Wallace as Medlicoti

Andy de la Tour as Randall

Mitch Davies as Harry

Lindsay Ingram as Linda

Richard Hope as Alistair

Andrew Seear as Ashley

James Snell as Vincent Tampan

Pik-Sen Lim as Mme. Aung

Lyndon Brook as Begley

Joan Blackham as Miss Simpson

Peter Forbes-Robertson as Hotel Manager

Hugo de Vernier as Doctor

Roddy Maude-Roxby as Committee Chairman

Roger Rowland as Police Officer

John Kidd as Committee Man

Tim Seely as Sir Charles Curry

Bernard Brown as Client

Rupert Vansittart as Client's Asst.

Jasper Jacob as Young Diplomat

Karen Lewis as Brock's Maid

Nicholas Frankau as Foreign Office Assistant

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Radio Producer

Alexander John as Radio Interviewer

Matthew Guinness as SOE Man

Jill Goldston as Party Guest (uncredited)