Sean Connery (Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair), Michelle Pfeiffer (Katya Orlova), Roy Scheider (Russell), James Fox (Ned), John Mahoney (Brady), Michael Kitchen (Clive), J.T. Walsh (Colonel Quinn) more..., Ken Russell (Walter), David Threlfall (Wicklow), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Dante), Nicholas Woodeson (Niki Landau), Martin Clunes (Brock), Ian McNeice (Merrydew), Colin Stinton (Henziger), Charlotte Cornwell (Charlotte), David Ryall (Colonial Type), Denys Hawthorne (Paddy), Kate Lock (Jacky), Simon Templeman (Psychoanalyst - Whitehall), Jason Salkey (Johnny), Nikolay Dik (major of KGB), Mac McDonald (Bob), George Roth (Cy), Peter Marinker (U.S. Scientist), Ellen Hurst (Anna), Peter Knupffer (Sergey), Nikolai Pastukhov (Uncle Matvey), Eric Anzumonyln (Nasayan), Daniel Woźniak (Zapadny), Giorgi Anjaparidze (Yuri), Vladek Nikiforov (Tout), Christopher Lawford (Larry), Mark LaMura (Todd), Blu Mankuma (Merv), Tuck Milligan (Stanley), Jay Benedict (Spikey), David Timson (George), Yelena Stroyeva (Anastasia), Fyodor Smirnov (Watcher), Pavel Sirotin (Watcher) and others.

Tom Stoppard (Screenplay), Jerry Goldsmith (Original Music Composer), Peter Honess (Editor), John le Carré (Novel), Ian Baker (Director of Photography), Paul Maslansky (Producer), Beth Jochem Besterveld (Editor) more..., Fred Schepisi (Producer),