Anthony Hopkins (C. S. 'Jack' Lewis), Debra Winger (Joy Gresham), Edward Hardwicke (Warnie Lewis), John Wood (Christopher Riley), Michael Denison (Harry Harrington), Peter Firth (Dr Craig), Matthew Delamere (Simon Chadwick) more..., Julian Fellowes (Desmond Arding), Julian Firth (Father John Fisher), Robert Flemyng (Claude Bird), Andrew Hawkins (Rupert Parrish), Peter Howell (College President), Pat Keen (Mrs Young), Karen Lewis (Hotel Receptionist), Roddy Maude-Roxby (Arnold Dopliss), Gerald Sim (Superintendent Registrar), James Frain (Peter Whistler), Joseph Mazzello (Douglas Gresham), Andrew Seear (Bob Chafer), Tim McMullan (Nick Farrell), Toby Whithouse (Frith), Daniel Goode (Lieven), Scott Handy (Standish), Charles Simon (Barker), Giles Oldershaw (Marcus), Simon Cowell-Parker (John Egan), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Dr Eddie Monk), Carol Passmore (Woman in Tea Room), Howard Lew Lewis (Tea Room Waiter), John Quentin (Station Acquaintance), Alan Talbot (College Porter), Leigh Burton-Gill (Mrs Parrish), Cameron Burton-Gill (Parrish Child), Chandler Burton-Gill (Parrish Child), Kendall Burton-Gill (Parrish Child), Christina Burton-Gill (Parrish Child), Sylvia Barter (Woman in Bookshop), James Watt (Boy in Bookshop), Pauline Melville (Committee Chairwoman), Sophie Stanton (Lecture Committee) and others.

William Nicholson (Theatre Play), William Nicholson (Screenplay), Richard Attenborough (Producer), Terence A. Clegg (Executive Producer), Brian Eastman (Producer), George Fenton (Original Music Composer), Roger Pratt (Director of Photography) more..., Lesley Walker (Editor), Keith Hamshere (Still Photographer), Bruce Bigg (Property Master), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Michael Lamont (Art Direction), Penny Rose (Costume Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), Nikki Clapp (Script Supervisor), Kevin Lane (Music Editor), Dean Humphreys (Sound Mixer), Kate Carin (Assistant Costume Designer), Chuck Finch (Gaffer), Gerry Humphreys (Sound), Simon Kaye (Sound), Jonathan Bates (Sound), Tommy Staples (Boom Operator), Lucy Boulting (Casting), Leila Kirkpatrick (Production Coordinator), Patrick Clayton (First Assistant Director), Michael Redding (Construction Coordinator), Michael Crouch (Dialogue Editor), Chris Corbould (Special Effects Supervisor), Jeremy Hume (Assistant Editor), Barbra Flinder (Title Designer), Diana Hawkins (Co-Producer), Alison Webb (Associate Producer),