Julie Christie (Lady Marian Trimingham), Alan Bates (Ted Burgess), Dominic Guard (The Young Leo Colston), Margaret Leighton (Mrs Maudsley), Sir Michael Redgrave (The Older Leo Colston), Michael Gough (Mr Maudsley), Edward Fox (Hugh Trimingham), Richard Gibson (Marcus Maudsley), Simon Hume-Kendall (Denys), Roger Lloyd-Pack (Charles), Amaryllis Garnett (Kate), Keith Buckley (Stubbs), John Rees (Blunt), Gordon Richardson (Rector), Jim Broadbent (Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)), Karl Dane (Coachman), Joshua Losey (Boy in Village (uncredited)), Anneke Wills ((uncredited role)), Arnold Schulkes (Servant (uncredited))