 | Alec Guinness als Gulley Jimson |
 | Kay Walsh als Dee Coker |
 | Renée Houston als Sara Monday |
 | Mike Morgan als Nosey |
 | Robert Coote als Sir William Beeder |
 | Michael Gough als Abel |
| Veronica Turleigh als Lday Beeder |
 | Reginald Beckwith als Capt. Jones |
 | Arthur Macrae als A.W. Alabaster |
 | Ernest Thesiger als Hickson |
| Gillian Vaughan als Lollie |
 | Joan Hickson als Lady in Gallery Queue |
| Albert Fennell | Executive Producer |
| Alec Guinness | Writer |
| Joyce Cary | Novel |
| Ronald Neame | Director |
| Ronald Neame | Producer |
| Pearl Tipaldi | Hairstylist |
| Harold Fletcher | Makeup Artist |
| Kenneth V. Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Arthur Ibbetson | Director of Photography |
| R.L.M. Davidson | Production Manager |
| Colin M. Brewer | Assistant Director |
| Anne V. Coates | Editor |
| William C. Andrews | Art Direction |
| Julia Squire | Costume Design |
| John Bryan | Producer |
