 | Martin Shaw als Adam Dalgliesh |
 | Janie Dee als Emma Lavenham |
 | Samantha Bond als Caroline Dupayne |
 | Kerry Fox als Muriel Godby |
 | Siân Phillips als Marie Strickland |
 | Michael Maloney als Neville Dupayne |
 | Anita Carey als Tally Clutton |
 | Lisa Kay als Angela Faraday |
| Diarmuid Lawrence | Director |
| Robert Jones | Screenplay |
| P. D. James | Novel |
| Simon Richards | Director of Photography |
| Tim Marchant | Editor |
| John Lunn | Music |
| Richard Broke | Producer |
| Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
| Susan Hogg | Executive Producer |
| Simon Lewis | Executive Producer |
| Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Roger Cann | Production Design |
| Catherine McCreadie | Art Direction |
| Michael Trevor | Art Direction |
| Vivienne Schadinsky | Art Direction |
| Les Lansdown | Costume Design |
| Sally Hennen | Makeup Artist |
| Deanne Turner | Makeup Designer |
| Karen Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Bourke | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jim Greenhorn | Sound Recordist |
