Ralph Richardson

as Alexander Gromeko

as Supreme Being

as Chief Rabbit (voice)

as Librarian

as Simeon

as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

as Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland

as The Crypt Keeper

as Ulrich

as Dr. Austin Sloper

as Narrator (voice)

as Gen. Sutherland

as The Boss

as Baines

as Themistocles of Athens

as William Gladstone

as C

as Sir James Burgess / Monty

as John Durrance

as Duke of Buckingham

as James Tyrone Sr.

as Mr Benton

as Colbert de Voliere

as Joseph Finsbury

as Nigel Hartley

as Alexei Karenin

as John Ridgefield

as Charles Richmond

as Lord Fortnum of Alamein

as Sir Edward Grey

as The Caterpillar

as Maj. Charles Hammond

as Mr. Lacey

as Dr. Philip Denny

as Captain Tom Lingard

as LeClerc

as Reverend Martin Gregory

as Self

as Colonel Winstanley

as Self - Mystery Guest

as Sir Wilfred Robarts

as Lord Mere

as Jim

as Self

as Dr. Rank

as Self - Guest

as David Preston

as Self (archive footage)

as Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

as Mr. Micawber

as Douglas Haig (voice)

as George IV

as Various Roles

as Wing Commander Richardson

as Judge Brack

as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement

as Sir Edward Carson

as Will Kobling

as Self - Narrator

as Horace Dawes

as Jack

as Jaap van Leyden

as Self

as Rev. Lambeth

as Barrister

as Pfordten

as Morelle

as Robert Carne

as Jack

as Frank Lockwood

as Henry V. Manningdale

as Henshaw

as Prof. Heatherville

as Sir Archibald Willoughby

as William Ammidon

as Sir Toby Belch

as Mr. Lacey

as Hirst

as Sir Hudson Lowe

as Self

as Self - Reader

as Self

as Himself (Narrator)

as Extra

as Sir Stanley Johnson

as Himself

as Self

as Various

as Self