Roy Marsden - Adam Dalgliesh
Barry Foster - Dr. Maxim Howarth
Ray Brooks - Dr. Henry Kerrison
Meg Davies - Domenica Howarth
John Vine - DS John Massingham
Brenda Blethyn - Angela Foley
Fiona Walker - Stella Mawson, aka 'Star'
Chloe Franks - Brenda Pridmore
Kate Lansbury - Mrs. Pridmore
Jack Carr - Mr. Pridmore
Rhoda Lewis - Miss Willard
Ivor Roberts - Inspector Blakelock
Philip Guard - Dr. Green
Richard Foxton - Sergeant Reynolds
Carl Adams - Police Constable
Joy Allen - District Nurse
Andrew Ray - Clifford Bradley
Malcolm Terris - DI Tom Doyle
Stephen Thorne - Paul Middlemass
Valerie Testa - Claire Easterbrook
Rob Gillion - Mortuary Attendant
Annabelle Lanyon - Nell Kerrison
Toby Scopes - William Kerrison