Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter

Claire Bloom as Helena Charles

Mary Ure as Alison Porter

Edith Evans as Mrs. Tanner

Gary Raymond as Cliff Lewis

Glen Byam Shaw as Colonel Redfern

George Devine as Doctor

Donald Pleasence as Hurst

Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Mrs. Redfern

Jane Eccles as Miss Drury

S.P. Kapoor as Kapoor

Walter Hudd as Actor

Anne Dickins as Girl A.S.M

Nigel Davenport as 1st Commercial Traveller

Alfred Lynch as 2nd Commercial Traveller

Toke Townley as Spectacled Man

John Dearth as Pet Stall Man

Bernice Swanson as Sally

Anne Blake as Angry Customer

Michael Balfour as Picky Shopper (uncredited)