Gilbert Chilvers

Michael Palin

Joyce Chilvers

Maggie Smith

Dr. Charles Swaby

Denholm Elliott

Joyce's Mother

Liz Smith

Henry Allardyce the Accountant

Richard Griffiths

Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer

Tony Haygarth

Frank Lockwood the Solicitor

John Normington

Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector

Bill Paterson

Mrs. Allardyce

Alison Steadman

Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher

Pete Postlethwaite

Inspector Noble

Jim Carter

Mrs. Sutcliff

Eileen O'Brien

Mrs. Forbes

Rachel Davies

P.C. Penny

Reece Dinsdale

Preston

Philip Wileman

Preston

Philip Whileman

Medcalf

Charles McKeown

Mrs. Medcalf

Susan Porrett

Father

Donald Eccles

Hotel Manager

Denys Hawthorne

Barraclough

Don Estelle

Ernest

Eli Woods

Veronica

Amanda Gregan

Mrs. Turnbull

Paula Tilbrook

Painter

Bernard Wrigley

Painter's Boy

Lee Daley

Dorothy

Gilly Coman

Woman

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Mrs. Beavers

Josie Lane

Mervin

David Morgan

Woman in Cinema (uncredited)

Jill Goldston

Prince Philip