Onder andere met: Simon Callow (Sir John Osgood), Stephen Fry (Sir Anthony Silk), Celia Imrie (Miss Rapier), Paul Giamatti (Johnson J. Johnson), Ned Beatty (Gen. Ed Sheppard), Bruce Cook (Patrick Smash), Rupert Grint (Alan A. Allen), Bronagh Gallagher (Mrs. Smash), Victor McGuire (Mr. Smash), Adam Godley (Placido P. Placeedo), Leslie Phillips (Judge), Robert Hardy (Doctor), John Higgins (Paediatrician), Lillie Crossley (Denise, age 5), Sam Davies (Patrick, age 3), Keira Knightley (Music School Student (uncredited))