Anthony Hopkins character James Stevens
Emma Thompson character Miss Kenton
James Fox character Lord Darlington
Christopher Reeve character Jack Lewis
Hugh Grant character Reginald Cardinal
Peter Vaughan character William Stevens
Ben Chaplin character Charlie, Head Footman
Paula Jacobs character Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Patrick Godfrey character Spencer
Michael Lonsdale character Dupont D'Ivry
Rupert Vansittart character Sir Geoffrey Wren
Tim Pigott-Smith character Thomas Benn
Lena Headey character Lizzie
Paul Copley character Harry Smith
Peter Cellier character Sir Leonard Bax
Brigitte Kahn character Baroness
John Savident character Doctor Meredith
Pip Torrens character Doctor Richard Carlisle
Peter Eyre character Lord Halifax
Wolf Kahler character German ambassador
Abigail Hopkins character Housemaid
John Haycraft character Auctioneer
Caroline Hunt character Landlady
Steve Dibben character George, Second Footman
Terence Bayler character Trimmer
Peter Halliday character Canon Tufnell
Jeffry Wickham character Viscount Bigge
Tony Aitken character Postmaster
Christopher Brown character Irma
Ian Redford character Publican
Jo Kendall character Publican's wife
Steven Beard character Andrews
Miles Richardson character Craddock (uncredited)
