• 
  Stephen Frears

  regizor

• 
  Hanif Kureishi

  scenarist

• 
  Roshan Seth

  Papa
• 
  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Johnny
• 
  Saeed Jaffrey

  Nasser
• 
  Gordon Warnecke

  Omar
• 
  Derrick Branche

  Salim
• 
  Rita Wolf

  Tania

• 
  Stephen Marcus

  Moose
• 
  Dawn Archibald

  Gang Member One
• 
  Shirley Anne Field

  Rachel
• 
  Badi Uzzaman

  Dealer
• 
  Persis Khambatta
• 
  Bhasker Patel

  Tariq
• 
  Richard Graham

  Genghis

• 
  Souad Faress

  Cherry N. Hussein
• 
  Gerard Horan

  Telephone Man
• 
  Charu Bala Chokshi

  Bilquis (as Charu Bala Choksi)
• 
  Garry Cooper

  Squatter
• 
  Richard Graham

  Genghis
• 
  Nisha Kapur

  Nasser's Younger Daughter
• 
  Persis Maravala

  Nasser's Elder Daughter
• 
  Dudley Thomas

  Jamaican Two
• 
  Winston Graham

  Jamaican One