Greta Scacchi as Diana, Lady Broughton

Charles Dance as Josslyn Hay

Joss Ackland as 'Jock' Delves Broughton

Sarah Miles as Alice de Janzé

John Hurt as Gilbert Colville

Trevor Howard as Jack Soames

Geraldine Chaplin as Nina Soames

Murray Head as Lizzie

Ray McAnally as Morris

Susan Fleetwood as Gladys, Lady Delamer

Catherine Neilson as Lady June Carberry

Alan Dobie as Sir Walter Harrigan

Hugh Grant as Hugh

Gregor Fisher as McPherson

Jacqueline Pearce as Idina Soltau

Tristram Jellinek as Land Agent

Tim Myers as Raymond de Trafford

Sean Mathias as Gerald Portman

Ron Donachie as Club Manager

Douglas Chege as Kiptobe

Wensley Pithey as Sheridan

Stephan Chase as Carberry

Louis Mahoney as Abdullah

Susannah Harker as Young Girl

Amanda Parkin as Nancy Wirewater

Olivier Pierre as Kaplan

David Quilter as Poppy

John Rees as Baines

Anthony Benson as Fox

Clare Travers-Deacon as Muffin-Faced Woman

Nigel Le Vaillant as Handsome Reporter

Basil Whybray as Spotty Reporter

Gary Beadle as Servant

Bill Moody as Jury Foreman

John Darrell as Registrar

Ilario Bisi-Pedro as African Policeman

Edwin Mahinda as Boy Waiter

Seipal Ngojine as Maasai Warrior

Pilip Saitoti as Maasai Warrior