Alec Guinness character Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood character Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker character Alan Birnley
Michael Gough character Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger character Sir John Kierlaw
Vida Hope character Bertha
Howard Marion-Crawford character Cranford
Miles Malleson character The Tailor
Henry Mollison character Hoskins
Patric Doonan character Frank
Duncan Lamont character Harry
Harold Goodwin character Wilkins
Colin Gordon character Hill
Joan Harben character Miss Johnson
Arthur Howard character Roberts
Roddy Hughes character Green
Stuart Latham character Harrison
Edie Martin character Mrs. Watson
Mandy Miller character Gladdie
Charlotte Mitchell character Mill Girl
Olaf Olsen character Knudsen
Desmond Roberts character Mannering
Ewan Roberts character Fotheringay
John Rudling character Wilson
Charles Saynor character Pete
Russell Waters character Davidson
Brian Worth character King
George Benson character The Lodger
Frank Atkinson character The Baker
Charles Cullum character 1st Company Director
F.B.J. Sharp character 2nd Company Director
Scott Harrold character Express Reporter
Jack Howarth character Receptionist at Corland Mill
Jack McNaughton character Taxi Driver
Judith Furse character Nurse Gamage
Billy Russell character Nightwatchman
Andy Alston character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jack Arrow character Mill Worker (uncredited)
David Boyd character Office Boy (uncredited)
Jim O'Brady character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Harold Coyne character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Dan Cressey character Lab Technician (uncredited)
Alan Haines character Reporter (uncredited)
Laurence Hepworth character Chauffeur (uncredited)
Frank Howard character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Gertrude Kaye character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Jimmy Millar character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard character (uncredited)
Joe Phelps character Mill Worker (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi character Baker (uncredited)
Carol Wolveridge character Schoolgirl in Front of Class (uncredited)