The Main Chance (1969) | Full Cast

John Frankau

DIRECTOR

Christopher Hodson

DIRECTOR

Marc Miller

DIRECTOR

Derek Bennett

DIRECTOR

Cyril Coke

DIRECTOR

Michael Ferguson

DIRECTOR

Tony Wharmby

DIRECTOR

Gareth Davies

DIRECTOR

Bob Hird

DIRECTOR

John Stride

David Main

Margaret Ashcroft

Margaret Castleton

John Wentworth

Henry Castleton

Anna Palk

Sarah Courtney

Glynn Edwards

Walter Clegg

John Arnatt

Sidney Bulmer

Philip Bond

Peter Findon

Estelle Kohler

Hilary Nash

Sharon Maughan

Inge Lindstrom

Ingrid Hafner

Laura Granton

Gary Bond

Andrew Retford

Liz Bamber

Priscilla Graves

Kate O'Mara

Julia Main

Denis Lill

Stephen Howard

David Lodge

Det. Ch. Supt. Guthrie

Ronald Radd

Lord Arkwright

Jack Watson

Harry Selby

Stuart Wilson

Edward Ransome

Bernard Kay

Patrick Bell

Frederick Jaeger

Peter Jarratt

Frederick Treves

Simon Rimsey

Valerie Dane

Main's Secretary

Georgina Ward

Edie Semple

Anthony Bate

Charles Ian Grady

Peter Jeffrey

Hugh Neville

John Barcroft

Ian Mathews

Philip Brack

Col. Charles Everett

Jack Woolgar

Arthur Litchfield

John Welsh

James Renshaw

David Savile

Buckley

Stuart Damon

Allan Hartmann

Peter Cellier

Braintree

Peter Gilmore

Anthony Gibbs-Revill

Guy Slater

Reginald Harris

Patrick Jordan

Inspector Bertram

Jack May

Derrick Asher

Frank Duncan

Swiss Judge

Gerald Sim

Rufus Mansfield

Walter Gotell

Gilbert Fletcher

Richard Wyler

Tim Cowley

Kathleen St. John

Lily

Geoffrey Chater

Peter Redman

John Harvey

Chief Supt. Griffin

Norman Scace

Anthony Markson

Andrew Laurence

Harris

Peter Birrel

Joe Farrell

Peter Williams

Edward Stainer

Brian Hawksley

Chairman of Magistrates

Edward Harvey

Barrister

Robert Hartley

Frederick

Alfred Bell

Det. Sgt. Abbott

Stuart Saunders

Householder

Joan Greenwood

Mrs. Hilary Wenn

Peter Bowles

Roger Lamb

Paul Massie

Richard Swanson

John Standing

Lord Radchester

Scott Forbes

Det. Insp. Lampeter

Norman Shelley

Sefton Gardiner

George Innes

George Wilkinson

John Bennett

Raul Ramira

Judy Huxtable

Olivia Marrett-Browne

Nicholas Pennell

Jeremy Upjohn

Wensley Pithey

Lord Bennett

Malcolm Tierney

Maj. Michael Gardiner

John Horsley

Magistrate

Clifford Rose

Lewis Savage

Emrys James

Derek Adams

Ray Smith

Joe Holroyd

Alan Browning

Montero

Robin Ellis

Donald Gordon Hopwood

Arthur Pentelow

Arnold Foster

Aly Ben Ayed

Abdul Naji

Pat Heywood

Mrs. Elliott

Jacqueline Chan

Gina Gordon

Tom Watson

Sandy McGoggie

Lyndon Brook

Lt. Col. Brant

Peter Winter

Malcolm Evans

Etain O'Dell

Joyce Adams

Michael Sheard

Analyst

Chloe Franks

Liz

Roger Booth

Magnus Tait

Gillian Raine

Denise Clegg

Raymond Young

Charles Benoit

Freddie Jones

Professor Ian Allardyce

Douglas Wilmer

Dr. Lowton

Diana Coupland

Mrs. Clifford

Faith Brook

Susan Crawford

John Turner

Acting Supt. Grover

John Phillips

Arnold Bingley

Brian McDermott

Allan Whittaker

Valerie Sarruf

Meriel Manmer

Rowena Cooper

Fiona Kelly

Anthony Sagar

George Cleveland

Basil Henson

Brigadier

Gilbert Wynne

Frank Gerrard

Jan Carey

Mary McGoggie

John Plume

Tony Evans

George Sewell

Harry Kenton

Nigel Stock

George Fisher

Edward Judd

Det. Insp. Shannon

Donald Douglas

Philip Betton

Derek Francis

Sir James Darren

Peter Miles

Arthur Wainright

Gwen Cherrell

Annie Selby-Wilson

Aubrey Morris

Elbert Cheever

Marjorie Rhodes

Ruth Paxton

Lesley Nunnerley

Rosa

Bernard Hepton

Bridges

Basil Dignam

Mr. Jory

Robin Hawdon

Alec Grafton

Michael Collins

Jack Gillam

James Copeland

Johnny Stewart

Laurence Hardy

Edward Main

Cynthia Grenville

Mary Allardyce

John Humphry

Harvey Lingwood

Patrick Troughton

Frederick Owen

Tessa Wyatt

Joey Richards

Heather Sears

Mary Wingrove

Mark Burns

Warren Iveson

Roderic Noble

Michael Kelly

Sandra Duncan

Carol Gerrard

Hugh Moxey

Judge Belling

Julia Jones

Mary Walton

Scott Anthony

Tony

Phyllida Law

Alison Murray

Dave Hill

George Duncan

John Savident

Donald Jarram

Anthony Sharp

Sir Martin Fulford

John Stratton

Edward Pendlebury

Keith Washington

Richard Darren

Richard Hampton

William Eversley

John Normington

George Hargrave

Dorothy Gordon

Mary Cooper

John Garrie

Ernest Paxton

Aimée Delamain

Alice Greensmith

Percy Herbert

Gil Vasey

Felix Aylmer

Judge

Frank Mills

Joe Brown

Hildegard Neil

Ursula Findon

Patrick Barr

Dr. John Grafton

Noel Dyson

Janet Harrison

David Hutcheson

Sir George More-Litton

Elizabeth Begley

Mrs. Donnell

Robin Ford

George Auckland

Michael Cooper

Magistrate - Tom Withers

Peter Arne

Ernest Leggatt

Candace Glendenning

Denny

Malcolm Terris

Mr. Page

Noel Willman

Magistrate

Ronald Adam

Sir Charles Braithwaite

Gerald Flood

William Arkwright

Seymour Matthews

Adjutant

David Butler

Peter McWilliam

Michael Robbins

Gerry Baxter

Derek Farr

Robert Douglas

Eve Pearce

Mrs Brockford

Charles Morgan

Harry Selby

Harry Walker

Byrne

David Lincoln

Brian Ford

Simon Oates

Godfrey Allen

Michael Gover

James Earnshaw

Lane Meddick

Cooper

Murray Evans

Mort Harper

Vladek Sheybal

Otto Zobel

Hilary Mason

Agnes McLaren

Nicholas Courtney

James Harding

Brian Rawlinson

George Langden

Robert Raglan

Judge

John Forrest

Twite

Marian Diamond

Henrietta Carson

Delia Paton

Stella Brown

Margaret Brady

Eileen Donnell

Michael Gough

Sir George Andrews

Robin Askwith

Sammy Cutforth

George Baker

Major Donovan

Allan Cuthbertson

Ian Osborn Utley

Barbara Young

Hilda Walker

Keith Marsh

Arthur Conway

Derek Smith

Joe Meadows

Nora Nicholson

Mrs. Roach

Leon Sinden

Judge

Richard Mathews

Arnold Henderson

Kathleen Byron

Amanda Retford

Leslie Schofield

Roy Wilson Gibbard

Ed Devereaux

Paul Miller

John Nettleton

Joseph Shelton

Prue Clarke

Rachel Baxter

Antony Carrick

James Cosgrove

Joseph Brady

George Allen

Tony Melody

Sammy Dayton

Alison Hughes

Linda Mason

Martin Leroy

Mr Brockford

Elizabeth Shepherd

The Hon. Fiona Cowley

Leslie Sands

Charles Arkwright

David Morrell

Ian Stewart

David Grey

Sanches

Georgina Hale

Sheila Smith

Clifton Jones

Manuel Patino

John Collin

Charlie Webster

Tom Kempinski

Doran

Ralph Truman

Reginald Crowther

Hugh Morton

Stipendiary Magistrate

John Westbrook

Charles Wainwright

Geoffrey Frederick

Det. Sgt. Ransome

Kenneth Edwards

Magistrate

Frank Tregear

Waiter

James Hazeldine

Staff Sergeant Timson

Timothy Carlton

Jeremy Purcell-Browne

Richard Easton

Dr. Milner

David Garfield

Edward J. Brown

Hugh Sullivan

Peter Gregg-Bowen

Gillian Hawser

Lady Annabel Andrews

Donald Webster

Crump

Benedicta Leigh

Mrs. Gadley

Paul Guess

Peter Cutforth

David Daker

Jacobson

Frank Wylie

Yorkie

Brian Hall

Sammy Beddowes

Michael Turner

Dr. Fenway

Nigel Lambert

Eric Anderson

James Mellor

George Matthews

Carleton Hobbs

Lord Chief Justice

Andrew Lane

Percy Roper

Peter Sandles

Terry

Christine Early

Receptionist

Frank Barrie

Richard Pryce-Hartley

Michael Beint

George Seager

Dervis Ward

George Bristow

David Trevena

Prison Cook

Frederick Danner

Anthony Arkwright

Preston Lockwood

Ministry Inspector

Valerie Murray

Carlo Patino

Jacqueline Maude

Lady Magistrate

Glenn Williams

Stacey

John Allison

John Howard

Sheila Hudson

Receptionist

Windsor Davies

George Halloran

John Bown

Neville Carson

Bob Keegan

Sam Bradshaw

Richard Burrell

Robert Varney

Peter Attard

Private Pike

James Donnelly

Joe Marshall

Joe Dunlop

Det. Con. Rigg

David Purcell

Les Parfitt

William Russell

Arnold Galbraith

Arnold Diamond

Tribunal Chairman

Margo Johns

Mrs. Fenway

Barrie Cookson

Executive Officer

Anthony Woodruff

Crown Court Judge

William Fox

High Court Judge

Martin Flynn

Keith

Walter Sparrow

Joe Philips, Site Foreman

Peter Halliday

John Smith

Hamilton Dyce

Judge

John Crocker

Oliver Griffiths

Al Garcia

Porter

Gareth Forwood

Julian Webb

Robert Cawdron

Crispin

James Bree

Mr. Fisher

Hugh Cross

Coroner

Norman Claridge

Stipendiary Magistrate

Barbara Ogilvie

Mrs. Ada Harrington

Arch Taylor

Warrant Officer

David Steuart

Judge

Lee Kristian Chambers

Baby Brian

Arthur White

William Shelton

Morris Perry

Kellaway

Laurence Payne

James Galbraith

Dorothy Alison

Chairman of Magistrates

Matthew Guinness

Morton

Michael Culver

Roger Lockhart

Andy Bradford

Terry Barrett

Peter Ellis

Towers

Maurice O'Connell

Det. Sgt. Ray Allington

Artro Morris

Robert Jordan

Sylvia Barter

Juvenile Court Chairman

Cyril Cross

Removal Foreman

Alison Mead

Receptionist

Yvonne Sommerling

Receptionist

Arthur Brough

County Court Judge

Richard Hurndall

Stipendiary Magistrate

Edward Evans

Mr. Griffiths

Ellis Dale

Ticket Collector

Roy Purcell

Sgt. Purdie

Joseph McKenna

Keir McGoggie

Philip Newman

Edward Moss

Edward Underdown

Judge

Madge Hindle

Winifred Tindell

John Moore

Coroner

Rod Beacham

John Paulton

Anthony Roye

Crown Court Judge

Tom Gowling

Usher

Fred Gaunt

Prosecuting Barrister

Brian Oulton

George Mynter

John Graham

Roy Sanderson

Alan Bird

Det. Sgt. Rafferty

Alister Williamson

Tom Maxwell

Frederick Bartman

John Eldon

Maev Alexander

Miss Bush

John Hartley

PC Lever

Jeffrey Segal

Magistrate

Michael Hawkins

Harold Layton

Ivan Beavis

Percy Griffin

Tony Caunter

Harry Rowlands

Neil Wilson

Prison Doctor

Anthony Baird

Watchman

Julian Grant

Det. Con. Sharp

Alan Clements

Ambulanceman

Bob Hoskins

Workman

Michael Gwynn

Judge

Shirley Dixon

Sally Howard

Ian Thompson

Presenting Officer

Eric Mason

Lorry Driver

Diane Mercer

Dorothy Yeldham

Willoughby Goddard

Sir Ernest Lang

Noel Hood

Aunt Harriet

Ballard Berkeley

Major Dibbyn

Norman Mitchell

Charles Willard

Arthur Hewlett

Sir Archibald Maclaren

Cynthia Michaelis

Sir George's Secretary

Georgine Anderson

Mrs. Kellaway

William Wilde

Elwyn Richards

Michael Elwyn

Lord Radchester

Morris Parsons

Park Keeper

Austin Trevor

Judge

Joan Peart

Mrs. Hume-Gilbert

Frank Sieman

Jury Foreman

Geoffrey Denton

Court Chairman

John Atkinson

Magistrate

Victor Brooks

Police Sergeant

Martin Boddey

Gilbert Ellnet

Michael Atha

Old Page Boy

Michael Hall

Prosecuting Barrister

John Law

Fletcher's Solicitor

Pat Gorman

Brewery workman (uncredited)

Sonny Caldinez

Jeep Driver (uncredited)

Peter Thompson

Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

David Strong

Tout (uncredited)

Trevor Lawrence

Ziggy (uncredited)

Athol Coats

Angel Saqui (uncredited)

Carol Gotell

Hargrave's Daughter (uncredited)

Wendy Johnson

Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

David Blake Kelly

Irish Labourer (uncredited)

John Scott Martin

Brewery workman (uncredited)

Alick Hayes

Magistrate (uncredited)

Paul Arlington

James Ogmore (uncredited)

James Lynch

Jury Foreman (uncredited)