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), Mac McDonald (Bob), Nicholas Woodeson (Niki Landau), Martin Clunes (Brock), Ian McNeice (Merrydew), Colin Stinton (Henziger), Denys Hawthorne (Paddy), George Roth (Cy), Peter Marinker (U.S. Scientist), Ellen Hurst (Anna), Peter Knupffer (Sergey), Nikolai Pastukhov (Uncle Matvey), Jason Salkey (Johnny), 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), Paul Jutkevitch (Misha), David Henry (Jr. Minister - Whitehall), Martin Wenner (Scientist - Whitehall), Paul Rattee (Army Officer - Whitehall), Simon Templeman (Psychoanalyst - Whitehall) 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), Romo Gorrara (Stunt Coordinator),