 | Tom Courtenay als William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher |
 | Julie Christie als Liz |
 | Wilfred Pickles als Geoffrey Fisher |
 | Mona Washbourne als Alice Fisher |
 | Ethel Griffies als Grandma Florence |
 | Finlay Currie als Duxbury |
 | Gwendolyn Watts als Rita |
 | Helen Fraser als Barbara |
 | Leonard Rossiter als Emanuel Shadrack |
 | Rodney Bewes als Arthur Crabtree |
 | George Innes als Stamp |
 | Leslie Randall als Danny Boon |
 | Patrick Barr als Inspector MacDonald |
 | Ernest Clark als Prison Governor |
 | Godfrey Winn als Disc Jockey |
 | Jack Cunningham als Ticket Examiner (uncredited) |
 | Harry Landis als Man on Train (uncredited) |
 | E. V. H. Emmett als Newsreel Commentator (uncredited) |
 | Anna Wing als Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited) |
 | Sheila Fearn als Telephonist (uncredited) |
| Muriel Day als Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Lester Leigh als Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Reginald Green als Mr. Matthieson (uncredited) |
 | Margaret Lacey als Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited) |
 | Robin Parkinson als Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited) |
| David Scase als Man in the Record Shop (uncredited) |
 | Jessie Robins als Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited) |
| Graham Rigby als Supermarket Manager (uncredited) |
 | Jim Brady als Prisoner Escort (uncredited) |
 | Neville Smith als Youth (uncredited) |
| Leslie Lawton als Youth (uncredited) |
 | John Tordoff als Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited) |
| Flo Fallows als Prostitute (uncredited) |
| Alice Woods als Prostitute (uncredited) |
 | John Schlesinger als Officer in Dream (uncredited) |
 | Bryan Mosley als Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Aleksander Browne als Bit Part (uncredited) |
| James Byron als Serviceman (uncredited) |
| Douglas Clarke als Serviceman (uncredited) |
| Alan Clayton als Serviceman (uncredited) |
| George Ghent als Danny's PRO (uncredited) |
| Topsy Jane als Liz (uncredited) |
| Natalie Kent als Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Ted Morris als Funeral Driver (uncredited) |
| Elisabeth Murray als Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Stuart Myers als Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited) |
| James Payne als Man in Station Cafe (uncredited) |
| George Spence als Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Elaine Stevens als Danny's Secretary (uncredited) |
| William Wymar als Army Man (uncredited) |
| Keith Waterhouse | Screenplay |
| John Schlesinger | Director |
| Keith Waterhouse | Novel |
| Willis Hall | Screenplay |
| Mike Rutter | Focus Puller |
| Tom Buchanan | Boom Operator |
| Charles Blair | Production Manager |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Music |
| Keith Waterhouse | Theatre Play |
| Willis Hall | Theatre Play |
| Archie Eyers | Electrician |
| Ray Simm | Art Direction |
| Frank Ernst | First Assistant Director |
| Dennis Maddison | Property Buyer |
| Harry Gillard | Still Photographer |
| John Feehan | Props |
| Peter Handford | Sound Recordist |
| Joseph Janni | Producer |
| Jack Rix | Associate Producer |
| Jack Atcheler | Camera Operator |
| Ralph Weighell | Electrician |
| Clifford Cross | Standby Carpenter |
| John Campbell | Clapper Loader |
| Frank Willis | Electrician |
| Jim Brennan | Second Assistant Director |
| Joyce James | Hairstylist |
| Martin Atkinson | Draughtsman |
| Malcolm Cooke | Sound Editor |
| Tom Brooker | Props |
| Bill Read | Painter |
| Neil Binney | Focus Puller |
| John Illisley | Electrician |
| Roger Cherrill | Editor |
| Ken Bridgeman | Set Dresser |
| Kesra Singh | Electrician |
| Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Phil Meighan | Props |
| Fred Burrows | Electrician |
| Denys N. Coop | Director of Photography |
| Wilfred Campbell | Electrician |
| Bert Lott | Grip |
| John Cox | Sound Recordist |
| Miriam Brickman | Casting |
| Percy Fisher | Electrician |
| Frank Robertson | Electrician |
| Ron Beck | Wardrobe Master |
| Jean Short | Assistant Editor |
| Edna Tromans | Publicist |
| Jack Laxton | Camera Car |
| Laura Nightingale | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jack Gardner | First Assistant Editor |
| Ann Skinner | Production Secretary |
| Pamela Mann | Continuity |
| John Hollingsworth | Conductor |
