Alastair Sim as The Laird

Bill Travers as Geordie Mac Taggart

Norah Gorsen as Jean

Jameson Clark as Geordie's Father

Molly Urquhart as Geordie's Mother

Paul Young as Young Geordie

Anna Ferguson as Young Jean

Miles Malleson as Lord Paunceton

Brian Reece as Olympic Selector

Raymond Huntley as Olympic Selector

Doris Goddard as Helga

Stanley Baxter as Postman

Duncan Macrae as Schoolmaster

Jack Radcliffe as Minister

Alex Mackenzie as Macrimmon

Francis de Wolff as Samson

Margaret Boyd as Laird's Maid

Michael Ripper as Reporter