Matt Hookings as Jem Belcher

Ray Winstone as Bill Warr

Jodhi May as Mary Belcher

Marton Csokas as Lord Rushworth

Russell Crowe as Jack Slack

Steven Berkoff as Walter

Julian Glover as Lord Ashford

Lucy Martin as Gilly Belcher

Stanley Morgan as Tom Belcher

Olivia Chenery as Lady Abigail

Glen Fox as Pierce Egan

Ricky Chaplin as Henry Pearce

Michael McKell as Frank The Bomber

Joe Egan as Big Joe

Noeleen Comiskey as Violet