Michael Palin

Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith

Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott

Dr. Swaby

Richard Griffiths

Allardyce

Tony Haygarth

Sutcliff

John Normington

Lockwood

Bill Paterson

Wormold

Liz Smith

Mother

Alison Steadman

Mrs. Allardyce

Jim Carter

Inspector Noble

Pete Postlethwaite

Nuttol

Rachel Davies

Mrs. Forbes

Reece Dinsdale

P.C. Penny

Charles McKeown

Medcalf

Susan Porrett

Mrs. Medcalf

Donald Eccles

Father

Denys Hawthorne

Hotel Manager

Don Estelle

Barraclough

Bernard Wrigley

Painter

Gilly Coman

Dorothy

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Woman

Jill Goldston

Woman in Cinema (uncredited)