• 
  John Irving

  regizor
• 
  John Irvin

  regizor
• 
  John Irwin

  regizor

• 
  Michael Gambon

  George Fairbairn
• 
  Ben Kingsley

  William Snow
• 
  Jack May

  Neaera Duncan
• 
  Nigel Hawthorne

  The Publisher
• 
  Peter Capaldi

  Assistant Keeper

• 
  Glenda Jackson

  Neaera Duncan
• 
  Jeroen Krabbé

  Mr. Sandor (the slob)
• 
  Rosemary Leach

  Mrs. Charlie Inchcliff (landlady)
• 
  Harold Pinter

  Man in Bookshop
• 
  Gary Olsen

  Lorry Driver at Rest Park
• 
  Eleanor Bron

  Miss Neap (Flora)
• 
  Michael Aldridge

  Mr. Meager, Bookstore Owner

• 
  Harriet Walter

  Harriet Sims (bookstore clerk)

• 
  Susie Figgis

  casting director
• 
  Peter Hannan

  imagine
• 
  Geoffrey Burgon

  departament sunet
• 
  Elizabeth Waller

  costume
• 
  Peter Tanner

  montaj
• 
  Kant Pan

  editorial department
• 
  Mary Hillman (I)

  make-up department
• 
  Cliff Lanning

  miscellaneous crew
• 
  Geoffrey Burgon

  music department
• 
  David Hildyard

  sound department
• 
  Teddy Mason

  sound department
• 
  Rupert Scrivener

  sound department
• 
  Harold Pinter

  scriitor