Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
David Hemmings
Josephine Pacefoot
Joanna Pettet
Editor, The Times
Maurice Denham
Headmistress
Martita Hunt
Lily
Veronica Carlson
Felicity
Betty Marsden
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Jeffrey
Doctor Watson
Thorley Walters
Evelyn
Penny Spencer
Lord Tennyson
Hugh Burden
Charles Dickens
Arnold Diamond
Music Hall Singer
Tessie O'Shea
Sir Francis Leybourne
George Sanders
Old Crone
Queenie Watts
Busty Prostitute
Margaret Nolan
Henchman
Milton Reid
Mr Mason
Clement Freud
Flora
Carol Friday
Ferdy Mayne
Eric Barker
Joe Lynch
William Mervyn
Charles Lloyd Pack
Babette
Dany Robin
Jessie Robins
Marianne Stone
Lady Dilke
Jan Holden
Count Pandolfo
Warren Mitchell
Home Secretary
John Bird
Sylvester Wall
William Rushton
Inspector MacPherson
Bill Fraser
Jones
John Cleese
Flora's Mother
Avril Angers
Director of Photography
Alex Thomson
Director
Philip Saville
Writer
Denis Norden
Producer
Philip M. Breen
Kurt Unger
Editor
Peter Tanner
Original Music Composer
Mischa Spoliansky
Camera Operator
Mike Fox