Terry Christian / Self
Bernard Cribbins / Self
Brenda Emmanus / Self
Jo Enright / Self
Frank Farian / Self
Mike Fletcher / Self
Mel Giedroyc / Self
Jeff Green / Self
Stuart Hall / Self
Phil Hammond / Self
Wayne Hemingway / Self
Noddy Holder / Self
Bob Holness / Self
Glenda Jackson / Self
Nick James / Self
Lionel Jeffries / Self
Jilly Johnson / Self
Peter Kay / Self
Emma Kennedy / Self
Helen Lederer / Self
Valerie Leon / Self
Stuart Maconie / Self
Dave Mitchell / Self
John Mitchell / Self
Liz Mitchell / Self
Stuart Moore / Self
Gary Morecambe / Self
Joan Morecambe / Self
Gary Myers / Self
Roy North / Self
Sue Perkins / Self
Mark Radcliffe / Self
Angela Rippon / Self
Tony Rivers / Self
Barry Rohde / Self
Anna Ryder Richardson / Self
Ron Silverstone / Self
James Snell / Self
Gail Stuart / Self
Sally Thomsett / Self
Kieron Tyler / Self
Sue Vanner / Self
Arabella Weir / Self
Geoff Wilson / Self
Glynne Wilson / Self
Quentin Willson / Self
Gina Yashere / Self
Jenny Agutter / (archive footage)
Ronnie Barker / (archive footage)
Kate Bush / (archive footage)
Erik Chitty / (archive footage)
Pat Coombs / (voice) (archive footage)
Brenda Cowling / (archive footage)
Leslie Crowther / (archive footage)
Iain Cuthbertson / (archive footage)
Janine Duvitski / (archive footage)
Noel Edmonds / (archive footage)
Derek Fowlds / (archive footage)
Marilyn Galsworthy / (archive footage)
Melvyn Hayes / (archive footage)
Dave Hill / (archive footage)
Sally James / (archive footage)
Lesley Judd / (archive footage)
Jim Lea / (archive footage)
Johnny Mathis / (archive footage)
William Mervyn / (archive footage)
Frank Middlemass / (archive footage)
Eric Morecambe / (archive footage)
Ivan Owen / Basil Brush (archive footage)
Don Powell / (archive footage)
Harriet Reynolds / (archive footage)
Demis Roussos / Self (archive footage)
John Salthouse / (archive footage)
Jimmy Savile / Self (archive footage)
Dinah Sheridan / (archive footage)
Alison Steadman / (archive footage)
Tim Stern / (archive footage)
Christopher Strauli / (archive footage)
Eddie Waring / (archive footage)
Gary Warren / (archive footage)
Dennis Waterman / (archive footage)
Howard Williams / (archive footage)
Ernie Wise / (archive footage)

Sam Preston / Child
Faye Carr-Jones / Child

Barbara O'Neil / Mother Didyma (Wartime Hospital)
Margaret Phillips / Sister Pauline (Medical Student)
Patricia Bosworth / Simone (Postulant who changed her mind)
Colleen Dewhurst / Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium)
Stephen Murray / Chaplain (Father Andre)
Lionel Jeffries / Dr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine)
Niall MacGinnis / Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)
Eva Kotthaus / Sister Marie (Sanatorium)
Molly Urquhart / Sister Augustine (Africa)
Dorothy Alison / Sister Aurelie (Martyred Nurse, Africa)
Jeanette Sterke / Louise (Gabrielle's Sister)
Errol John / Illunga (African Convert)
Diana Lambert / Lisa (the Resistance)
Orlando Martins / Kalulu (African Servant)
Elsa Albani / unknown
Gabriella Andreini / unknown
Juan Aymerich / unknown
Ludovice Bonhomme / Bishop
Grazia De Rossi / unknown
Giovanna Galletti / unknown
Dara Gavin / Sister Ellen
Penelope Horner / Jeanette Milonet
Irene Labhart / unknown
Charles Lamb / Pascin
Ave Ninchi / Sister Bernard
Richard O'Sullivan / Pierre (Gabrielle's Brother)
Elfride Simbari / Sister Timothy
Frank Singuineau / Murderer of Sister Aurelie
Marina Wolkonsky / Marie (Gabrielle's Sister)

Alan Gifford / American Brasshat
Joseph Fürst / German Brasshat
Monti DeLyle / Butler
Bernard Spear / French Inspector
Eileen Way / Italian Dressmaker
Bruno Barnabe / Head Waiter
Gábor Baraker / Gypsy Baron
Tony Baron / Baby's Boyfriend
Eunice Black / Matron
John Brandon / Radio Engineer
Windsor Davies / Radio Engineer
Franco De Rosa / Romano
John Fordyce / Boy in Orphanage
Yole Marinelli / 1st Maid
Miki Iveria / 2nd Maid
Henri Vidon / Priest
Raymond Young / Photographer
Laurence Beck / Disco Guest
Jacqueline Bisset / Dancer
Michael Des Barres / Boy in Orphanage
Walter Henry / German Officer at NATO Rocket Launch
Tony Millington / Band Member on Ship

Jackie Cowper / Angela Barnes
Richard Beaumont / Peter Brookshire
Charlotte Sayce / Katharine Forrest
Marianne Stone / Miss Wilcox
Dorian Healy / Reggie Pike