• 
  Willard Carroll

  regizor

• 
  Willard Carroll

  scenarist

• 
  Joan Plowright

  Mrs. Bartholomew
• 
  David Bradley

  Abel
• 
  Anthony Way

  Tom
• 
  Nigel Le Vaillant

  Tom Long (adult)
• 
  Greta Scacchi

  Matusa Gwen Kitson
• 
  Caroline Carver

  Hatty

• 
  James Wilby

  Uncle Alan Kitson
• 
  Marlene Sidaway

  Doris Schuster
• 
  Robert Putt

  Tower Keeper
• 
  Liz Smith

  Mrs. Willows
• 
  Penelope Wilton

  Aunt Melbourne
• 
  Florence Hoath

  Hatty (12/13 years)
• 
  Serena Gordon

  Melody Long

• 
  Rory Jennings

  James (12 years)
• 
  Tom Bowles

  Mr. Ferguson
• 
  Arlene Cockburn

  Susan the Maid
• 
  Mel Martin

  Alice Long
• 
  Stuart Piper

  Hubert
• 
  Nick Robinson

  Peter Long
• 
  Alfie Lawrence

  Harriet Long