Anna Massey

Sister Thomas

Katrin Cartlidge

Doris

Oona Kirsch

Maggie

Fiona Shaw

Sister Felicity

Anne Dyson

Sister Perpetua

Gerard Murphy

Father Larkin

Annette Badland

Sister Mercy

Sadie Wearing

Mary

Anne-Marie Gwatkin

Lizzie

Kathy Burke

Tillie

Jenna Russell

Kate

Murray Melvin

Father Power

John Bett

Doctor Taylor

Nicholas Donovan

Major Manley

Fred Bryant

Warden Rodgers

Catherine Terris

Miss Blundell

Alan Renwick

Tommy #1

Kevin Quarmby

Tommy #2

Cyril Appleton

Plumber

Ian Staples

German Soldier

Trudy Howson

Nun #1

Elizabeth Rider

Nun #2

Richard Bebb

Radio Announcer (voice)