Dennis Price

Louis

Alec Guinness

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke, The Banker, The Parson

Valerie Hobson

Edith

Joan Greenwood

Sibella

Audrey Fildes

Mama

Miles Malleson

The Hangman

Clive Morton

The Prison Governor

John Penrose

Lionel

Cecil Ramage

Crown Counsel

Hugh Griffith

Lord High Steward

John Salew

Mr. Perkins

Eric Messiter

Burgoyne

Lyn Evans

The Farmer

Barbara Leake

The Schoolmistress

Peggy Ann Clifford

Maud

Anne Valery

The Girl in the Punt

Arthur Lowe

The Reporter

Stanley Beard

Warder