John Hurt character Stephen Ward
Joanne Whalley character Christine Keeler
Bridget Fonda character Mandy Rice-Davies
Ian McKellen character John Profumo
Jeroen Krabbé character Eugene Ivanov
Leslie Phillips character Lord Astor
Britt Ekland character Mariella Novotny
Daniel Massey character Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Roland Gift character Johnnie Edgecombe
Jean Alexander character Mrs Keeler
Alex Norton character Detective Inspector
Ronald Fraser character Justice Marshall
Paul Brooke character Detective Sergeant, Paul
Paul Brooke character Detective Sergeant, John
Keith Allen character Kevin, Reporter Sunday Pictorial
Ralph Brown character Paul Mann
Trevor Eve character Matinee Idol
Iain Cuthbertson character Lord Hailsham
Ken Campbell character Sunday Pictorial Editor
Leon Herbert character Lucky Gordon
Deborah Grant character Valerie (Hobson) Profumo
Oliver Ford Davies character Mr Woods, MI5
Susannah Doyle character Jackie
Joanna Dunham character Lady Bronwen Astor
Terence Rigby character James Burge
Johnny Shannon character Peter Rachman
Jeff Nuttall character Percy Murray
James Villiers character Tory MP
Malcolm Terris character Northern Gent