Director
Peter Medak
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
Eileen Atkins
Lillian Bentley
Rebecca Eccleston
Iris aged 10
Peter Eccleston
Derek aged 8
Craig Turner
Derek aged 14
P.J. Nicholas
First Boy in Shed
Bret Walker
Second Boy in Shed
Walter Sparrow
Nightwatchman
Edward Hardwicke
Approved School Principal
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
Daniel Brazier
Boy in Fairview Road
Ben Brazier
Denis Bentley
Paul Reynolds
Chris Craig
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
Peter Jonfield
Butcher
Joan Heal
Lady in Butcher's Shop
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
Bert Tyler-Moore
Vincent Montgomery
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Chris Darwin
Owner of Milk Bar
Murray Melvin
Secondary School Teacher
Tony Sands
First Boy in School
Charlie Creed-Miles
Second Boy in School
Gary Francis Hope
Big Cecil
Colin McCormack
Army Recruitment Doctor
Rudolph Walker
West Indian Driver
Ronald Fraser
Niven's Judge
Victoria Moore
9 Year Old Girl
Glyn Grain
Father of Girl
Karen Lewis-Attenborough
Mother of Girl
William Waghorn
Police Desk Sgt
Niven Boyd
PC McDonald
Robert Morgan
PC Miles
Tom Bell
Fairfax
Steve Nicolson
PC Harrison
James Bowers
Police Officer
Linda Bassett
Mrs. Miles
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Peter Eyre
Humphreys
Michael Gough
Lord Goddard
James Villiers
Cassels
Karl Johnson
Parris
Denny Kirk
Mr. Craig
Lottie Ward
Mrs. Craig
Vernon Dobtcheff
Clerk of Court
Bill Dean
Foreman of the Jury
Viv Warentz
Petition Woman
Norman Rossington
Postman
Terence Skelton
MP
Gary Everett
Reporter
Michael Elphick
Prison Officer Jack
Jeremy Sinden
Soames Daily Telegraph
Clive Revill
Peirrepoint
Geoffrey Drew
Prison Chaplain
Eamonn Andrews
Self - Host(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Isobel Barnett
Self - Panellist(uncredited)(archiveFootage)(voice)
Big Boy Bloater
Recruit at Medical(uncredited)
George Christopher
Man in Cafe(uncredited)
Barbara Kelly
Jerry Lunn
David Nixon