Michael Palin as Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths as Allardyce

Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff

John Normington as Lockwood

Bill Paterson as Wormold

Liz Smith as Mother

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter as Inspector Noble

Pete Postlethwaite as Nuttol

Eileen O'Brien as Mrs. Sutcliff

Rachel Davies as Mrs. Forbes

Reece Dinsdale as P.C. Penny

Philip Wileman as Preston

Charles McKeown as Medcalf

Susan Porrett as Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles as Father

Denys Hawthorne as Hotel Manager

Don Estelle as Barraclough

Eli Woods as Ernest

Amanda Gregan as Veronica

Paula Tilbrook as Mrs. Turnbull

Bernard Wrigley as Painter

Lee Daley as Painter's Boy

Gilly Coman as Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw as Woman

Josie Lane as Mrs. Beavers

David Morgan as Mervin

Jill Goldston as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)