cast
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Michael Palin
Gilbert Chilvers
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Maggie Smith
Joyce Chilvers
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Denholm Elliott
Dr. Swaby
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Richard Griffiths
Allardyce
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Tony Haygarth
Sutcliff
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John Normington
Lockwood
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Bill Paterson
Wormold
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Liz Smith
Mother
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Alison Steadman
Mrs. Allardyce
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Jim Carter
Inspector Noble
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Pete Postlethwaite
Nuttol
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Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Sutcliff
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Rachel Davies
Mrs. Forbes
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Reece Dinsdale
P.C. Penny
- Philip Wileman Preston
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Charles McKeown
Medcalf
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Susan Porrett
Mrs. Medcalf
- Donald Eccles Father
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Denys Hawthorne
Hotel Manager
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Don Estelle
Barraclough
- Eli Woods Ernest
- Amanda Gregan Veronica
- Paula Tilbrook Mrs. Turnbull
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Bernard Wrigley
Painter
- Lee Daley Painter's Boy
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Gilly Coman
Dorothy
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Maggie Ollerenshaw
Woman
- Josie Lane Mrs. Beavers
- David Morgan Mervin
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Jill Goldston
Woman in Cinema (uncredited)