Celia Johnson as Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway as Albert Godby

Joyce Carey as Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond as Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg as Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars as Mary Norton

Margaret Barton as Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage as Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass as Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco as Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley as Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

Noël Coward as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)

Nuna Davey as Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall as Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)

Irene Handl as The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

Dennis Harkin as Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)

Edward Hodge as Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey as Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Jack May as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

Avis Scott as Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)

George V. Sheldon as Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)