Michael Palin (Gilbert Chilvers), Maggie Smith (Joyce Chilvers), Denholm Elliott (Dr. Swaby), Richard Griffiths (Allardyce), John Normington (Lockwood), Tony Haygarth (Sutcliff), Bill Paterson (Wormold), Liz Smith (Mutter), Alison Steadman (Mrs. Allardyce), Jim Carter (Inspector Noble), Pete Postlethwaite (Douglas J. Nuttol), Rachel Davies (Mrs. Forbes), Bernard Wrigley (Maler), Reece Dinsdale (P.C. Penny), Charles McKeown (Medcalf), Eileen O'Brien (Mrs. Sutcliff), Susan Porrett (Mrs. Medcalf), Philip Wileman (Preston Sutcliff), Donald Eccles (Vater), Denys Hawthorne (Hotelmanager), Don Estelle (Barraclough), Eli Woods (Ernest), Paula Tilbrook (Mrs. Turnbull), Gilly Coman (Dorothy), Josie Lane (Mrs. Beavers)