Cast:

• Dennis Price Louis
• Valerie Hobson Edith
• Joan Greenwood Sibella
• Alec Guinness The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
• Audrey Fildes Mama
• Miles Malleson The Hangman
• Clive Morton The Prison Governor
• John Penrose Lionel
• Cecil Ramage Crown Counsel
• Hugh Griffith Lord High Steward
• John Salew Mr. Perkins
• Eric Messiter Burgoyne
• Lyn Evans The Farmer
• Barbara Leake The Schoolmistress
• Peggy Ann Clifford Maud
• Anne Valery The Girl in the punt
• Arthur Lowe The Reporter
• Stanley Beard Warder
• Maxwell Foster Warder
• Peter Gawthorne First Lord Delivering Verdict
• Molly Hamley-Clifford Lady Redpole
• Leslie Handford Gamekeeper Hoskins
• Nicholas Hill Sergeant-at-arms
• Fletcher Lightfoot Peer of the Realm
• Cavan Malone Young Graham
• Laurence Naismith Warder in Jail
• Gordon Phillott Clerk of Parliament
• Jeremy Spenser Young Louis
• Ivan Staff Valuer
• Richard Wattis Defence Counsel
• Carol White Young Sibella
• Harold Young Captain