Jesse Birdsall as Gavin Lamb

Lynn Redgrave as Joan

Helena Bonham Carter as Minerva Munday

Jane Horrocks as Jenny

Richard Huw as Harry

Kevin Drinkwater as Winthrop

Pat Heywood as Mrs. Lamb

Bryan Pringle as Mr. Lamb

Shirley Anne Field as Anne

Peter Cook as Mr. Adrian

John Gielgud as Sir Gordon Munday

Judy Parfitt as Lady Stella Munday

Ian Redford as Bill

Rupert Holliday-Evans as Peter

Aimée Delamain as Mrs. Arbuthnot

Pauline Quirke as Muriel Sutton

Ben Miles as Spiro

Giuseppe Andrews as Luke

Noriko Aida as Maid

Nan Munro as Lady Blackwater

June Ellis as Mrs. Wagstaffe

Irene Marot as Sheila

Richard Strange as Sheila's Friend

Elizabeth Jane Howard as Woman At Party