Colin Firth as Tom Birkin

Kenneth Branagh as James Soon

Natasha Richardson as Alice Keach

Patrick Malahide as Reverend Keach

Jim Carter as Ellerbeck

Richard Vernon as Colonel Hebron

Tony Haygarth as Douthwaite

Tim Barker as Mossop

Eileen O'Brien as Mrs Ellerbeck

Vicki Arundale as Kathy

Martin O'Neil as Edgar

Elizabeth Anson as Lucy Sykes

Barbara Marten as Mrs Sykes

Ken Kitson as Mr Sykes

Judy Gridley as Mrs Clough

Lisa Taylor as Emily Clough

Andrew Wilde as Shop Assistant

David Gillies as Milburn

John Atkinson as Old Man on Train

David Garth as Old Birkin