 | James Wilby als Maurice Hall |
 | Hugh Grant als Clive Durham |
 | Rupert Graves als Alec Scudder |
 | Denholm Elliott als Dr. Barry |
 | Simon Callow als Mr. Ducie |
 | Billie Whitelaw als Mrs. Hall |
 | Barry Foster als Dean Cornwallis |
 | Judy Parfitt als Mrs. Durham |
 | Phoebe Nicholls als Anne Durham |
 | Patrick Godfrey als Simcox |
 | Mark Tandy als Risley |
 | Ben Kingsley als Lasker-Jones |
 | Kitty Aldridge als Kitty Hall |
 | Helena Michell als Ada Hall |
 | Catherine Rabett als Pippa Durham |
 | Peter Eyre als Rev. Borenius |
 | Michael Jenn als Archie |
| Mark Payton als Chapman |
 | Orlando Wells als Young Maurice |
 | Maria Britneva als Mrs. Sheepshanks |
| John Elmes als Hill |
 | Alan Foss als Old Man on Train |
| Philip Fox als Dr. Jowitt |
| Olwen Griffiths als Mrs. Scudder |
| Christopher Hunter als Fred Scudder |
| Gerald McArthur als Undergraduate |
 | Breffni McKenna als Guardsman |
 | Miles Richardson als Undergraduate |
| Phillada Sewell als Matron |
 | Helena Bonham Carter als Young Lady at Cricket Match |
 | Matthew Sim als Featherstonaugh |
| Andrew St. Clair als Undergraduate |
 | Harriet Thorpe als Barmaid |
 | Julian Wadham als Hull |
 | Richard Warner als Judge |
| Alan Whybrow als Mr. Scudder |
 | Jean-Marc Barr als French Colleague (uncredited) |
 | Serena Gordon als Gladys Olcott (uncredited) |
| James Ivory | Director |
| E.M. Forster | Original Story |
| Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Kit Hesketh-Harvey | Screenplay |
| Pierre Lhomme | Director of Photography |
| Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer |
| Brian Ackland-Snow | Art Direction |
| Katherine Wenning | Editor |
| James Ivory | Screenplay |
| Maggie Parsons | Location Manager |
| Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Mike Shoring | Sound |
| Brian Ackland-Snow | Production Design |
| Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| John Bright | Costume Design |
| Paul Bradley | Associate Producer |
| Raymond Day | Production Supervisor |
| Joyce Turner | Production Coordinator |
| Kevan Barker | First Assistant Director |
| Michael Zimbrich | First Assistant Director |
| Nigel Willoughby | Camera Operator |
| Tony Woodcock | Camera Operator |
| Tim Dodd | Focus Puller |
| Gerry Altman | Clapper Loader |
| Jack Collins | Gaffer |
| Kevin Fraser | Grip |
| Andrew Morris | Boom Operator |
| Carol Hemming | Hairdresser |
| Paolo Mantini | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Mary Hillman | Makeup Artist |
| Peter James | Art Direction |
| Amanda Ackland-Snow | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Dennis Fruin | Property Master |
| Andrew Marcus | Assistant Editor |
| Tony Lenny | Sound Editor |
| Alan Killick | Dialogue Editor |
| Max Hoskins | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Anna Shepherd | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Tom Freeman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Howard Lanning | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lee Cleary | Second Assistant Director |
| John G. Phelan | Second Assistant Director |
| Simon Moseley | Third Assistant Director |
| Lorely Farley | Continuity |
| Harry Rabinowitz | Conductor |
| Mark Potter Jr. | Music Editor |
| Natasha Grenfell | Location Manager |
| Nicky Kentish Barnes | Production Assistant |
| Arbell Lowther | Production Secretary |
| Will Tyler | Production Accountant |
| Sunil Kirparam | Production Accountant |
| William Pierce | Co-Costume Designer |
| Ray Usher-Cooper | Wardrobe Master |
| Jane Burton | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Harvey Kip | Stunts |
| Adrian Ffooks | Stunts |
| Katya Grenfell | Still Photographer |
| John Gardey | Still Photographer |
| Mira Stout | Unit Publicist |
