cast
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Pete Postlethwaite
Mitch / The Dipper / Panter / Kecks McGuinness
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James Fleet
Prime Minister / Bob / Peter Wentworth / Algie
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Tom Wilkinson
Home Secretary / David Hanratty / Father McAteer / Dr. Middleton
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Kevin McNally
Tommy O'Neill / Stuart Thorn / Billy McVea
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Roger Lloyd Pack
David Power / First Stairman / Derek
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Bernard Hill
Captain Larry / Tom Higdon / John
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Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Dix / Treacher / Prosecuting Counsel
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Georgine Anderson
Old Lady / Elsie Mont
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Edward Fox
Monk Scott
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Gary Waldhorn
Boris / Deferre
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Geoffrey Whitehead
Asst. Chief Constable Turpin / Chief Constable Christie
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Michael Hordern
Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston
- Julian Curry Commissioner / Professor Ray Spector
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Mark Chapman
Naval Officer / Young Arthur
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Rufus Sewell
Mike Costain / Clive
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Eileen Atkins
Kitty Higdon / Helen Marriner
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Lesley Manville
Sophie / Sue
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Alan Cumming
Tulloch / Andy
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Anna Massey
Nina / Edith Hope
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Michelle Fairley
Roisin Donaghy / Jean McBride
- Trevor Moore Brendan Doyle / Sinn Fein Spokesman
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Barry Foster
David Simmonds / Derek
- Andrew Roddy Davie Bell / John Sterling
- David Calvert Policeman at VCP / Tom Walsh
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Patrick Godfrey
Tite / Court Usher
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Douglas Hodge
Leslie Bliss / Inspector
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Geoffrey Chater
Harold Webb / Mr. Allen
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Julie Walters
Mavis / Monica
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Roger Brierley
Reverend Phelps / Mr. Stringer
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Steve Sweeney
J.T. / Smith
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John Shrapnel
Heiger / Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
- Judith Scott Julia / Millie
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John Abineri
Playwright / Farmer Fowler
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Clive Owen
Paul
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Richard Briers
Old Arthur/George
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Ian Holm
F.R. Leavis
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Leo McKern
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
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Sara Kestelman
Queenie Leavis
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Stella Gonet
Marigold
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Tim Roth
Nick Finchley
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Stephen Fry
Humphrey Taylor
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Ian Bannen
Hubert Stout
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Charlotte Coleman
Helen Bardsley
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Jenifer Landor
Jo McLoughlin
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John Gielgud
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Huckleberry Fox
Joe
- Steven Hayes Other Kid
- Garett Bader Other Kid
- Benjamin Pierce Other Kid
- Travis Talley Other Kid
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Graham McGrath
Paul Blake
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Harry Andrews
Matey
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Fabia Drake
Mrs Blake
- David Langton Mr Edwards
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Constance Chapman
Mrs Edwards
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Mark Billingham
Gary
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Amanda Redman
Kate
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Dmitriy Shevchenko
Andrei
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Olga Vilner
Lena
- Natasha Bain Oriolo
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Andrey Smolyakov
Oblov
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Aleksey Poluyan
Sacha
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Viktor Khozyainov
Misha
- Aleksandr Ustinov Arkady
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Konstantin Anisimov
Karsov
- Oleg Tishchenko Sergeant Keshchenko
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Nikolay Dik
New Cop
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Brian Dennehy
James Boyce
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John Cater
Old Man
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Charles Dance
Paul Hatcher
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Francis Matthews
Silver-Haired Gent
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Phyllis Logan
Anne
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Jerry Stiller
Marty de Reske
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Daniel J. Travanti
Jerry Leavy
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Richard Wilson
Sir Hugo Armstrong
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Doreen Mantle
Landlady
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Roger Hammond
Tudor Hamilton
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Nicholas Jones
Detective Inspector
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Michael Stainton
Police Sergeant
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Stephen Rea
Frankie
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Niall Tóibín
Malachy
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Lee Remick
Grace Gardner
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Helena Bonham Carter
Jo Marriner
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Paul Maxwell
Bill Freed
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Bruce Boa
Channel President
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Lynda Bellingham
Mary Morris
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Alan Curtis
Lord Mallory
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Michael Lees
John Harvey
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Helen McCrory
Jo
- John Warnaby OTT Man
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Harriet Walter
Amelia Cleverly
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Imelda Staunton
The Producer
- Derek Fowlds Cumbridge
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George Baker
Greaves
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Maggie Ollerenshaw
Courier
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Brian Hall
George
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Harry Landis
Kaufman
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Ronan Vibert
Charles Fieldhouse
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Julian Firth
Bates
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Tim Barlow
Old Man
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Leslie French
The Major
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Georgie Glen
Margaret Summer
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Rita Davies
Picket at clinic
- Peter Christian Man in Waiting Room
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Lorraine Pilkington
Eileen O'Neill
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Celia Imrie
Victoria Bridgewater
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Ronald Pickup
Brian Silcott
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Neil Pearson
Tom Peel
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Helen Baxendale
Ruth Clarke
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Norman Bird
Grandfather
- Peggy Aitchison Alan's Mother
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Howard Lew Lewis
Wandsworth Prison Officer
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Pauline Collins
Sylvia Barker
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T.R. Bowen
Sylvia's Lover
- Kathleen Michael Sylvia's Mother
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Tony Rohr
Parkhurst Prisoner
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Stephanie Cole
Dame Lettie Colston
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Renée Asherson
Charmian Colston
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Thora Hird
Jean Taylor
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Maggie Smith
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
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Maurice Denham
Guy Leet
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Cyril Cusack
Percy Mannering
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Zoë Wanamaker
Olive Mannering
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Peter Eyre
Eric Colston
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Anna Cropper
Mrs. Mortimer
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Aimée Delamain
Ambulatory Grannie
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Peter Firth
Henry Tilney
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Robert Hardy
General Tilney
- Philip Bird James Morland
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Tariq Yunus
Balam
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Niamh Cusack
Denise Slipper
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Cathy Murphy
Lois
- William McBain Frank
- David Rolfe Mr. Morland
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Jeremy Kemp
Pomeroy
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Warren Clarke
Jack Hicks
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Albie Woodington
Comic
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William Armstrong
The Scholar - The Alpha Serial
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Eric Allan
Superintendent
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Arthur Cox
House Detective
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Pavel Douglas
Barry
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Lynn Redgrave
Pauline Williams
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Jerome Willis
First DPP Official
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Neville Phillips
Coroner
- Roy Evans Undertaker
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Catherine Schell
Marie-Claire
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Joan Plowright
Mrs. Monro
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Maggie Steed
Mrs. Raffald
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Donald Pleasence
Victor Harty
- Patsy Rowlands Daisy Harty
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Margery Mason
Mrs. Armitage
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Al Hunter Ashton
First Cop
- Mary Duddy Agnes Hughes
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Kyle MacLachlan
Josef K
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David Thewlis
Franz
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Tony Haygarth
Willem
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Jiří Schwarz
Rabensteiner
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David Schneider
Kullich
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Ondřej Vetchý
Kaminer
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Paul Brooke
Deputy Bank Manager
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Harry Burton
K's Assistant
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Juliet Stevenson
Fräulein Bürstner
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Leon Lissek
Second Stairman
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Catherine Neilson
Washer Woman
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Trevor Peacock
Examining Magistrate
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Václav Jakoubek
Small Boy
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Andrew Tiernan
Bethold the Student
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Jiří Schmitzer
Thin Defendant
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Don Henderson
The Flogger
- Martin Faltýn Clerk
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Robert Lang
K's Uncle
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Polly Walker
Leni
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Jason Robards
Doctor Huld
- Jan Laibl Chief Clerk of the Court
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Alfred Molina
Titorelli
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Michael Kitchen
Block
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John Woodvine
Herr Deimen
- Reniero Compostella Signor Rossi
- Lena Birková Bookstall Woman
- Oskar Hák Verger
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Anthony Hopkins
The Priest
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Karel Augusta
Executioner
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Petr Drozda
Executioner
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John Thaw
George Jones
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Richard Pasco
Malcolm Pryce
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Nicholas Day
Charles Kendrick
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Michael Bryant
Bryden Thomas
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Saskia Wickham
Mary Housego
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Gwenda Aaron
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Clare Higgins
Lindsey Fontaine
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Paul Moriarty
Andrew Buchan
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Alastair Galbraith
Bruce
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George Harris
Colin Fontaine
- Aorja Harris Lindsay's Child
- Elior Harris Lindsay's Child
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Stephen Boxer
Newscaster
- Jon Silverman Political Correspondent
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Tyrone Huggins
Trevor Avery
- Judith Coke Carole Kendrick
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Martin Jarvis
Linus Frank
- Judy Damas Waitress
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Emma Thompson
Marie
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Adrian Dunbar
Joe
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Eleanor Bron
Christine
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David Horovitch
Robert
- Joanna Roth Beth
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Phyllida Law
Marie's Mother
- Barry Molloy Kiran
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Lewis Howden
Kenny
- Jim Twaddale Archie
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Carol Ann Crawford
Doctor
- Sandy Welch Kiran's Father
- Veronica Leer Lover
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Billie Whitelaw
Margie
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Iain Glen
Ray
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Sarah-Jane Holm
Della
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Cassie Stuart
Ruth
- Phil Smeeton Mick
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Brenda Fricker
Ray's Mother
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Jimmy Yuill
Man at Dyke
- Julie McDonald Prostitute
- Joan Spall Registrar
- Robert Peters Reporter
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Peter Whitbread
Inspector Cartwright
- Ross Kemp Police Officer
- Trevor Peake Police Officer
- Christopher Poole Kerb Crawler
- Simon Wakefield Boy Fishing
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Amanda Burton
Rosie Willis
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Michael Legge
John Willis
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Cara Kelly
Susan McVea
- Gavin Kennedy Harold McVea
- Catherine Higgins Joanne McVea
- Derek Halligan Turk
- Jim Corry Police Constable
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Tim Loane
Det. Sgt. Starkie
- Gerard Crossan Det. Con. Galbraith
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Bronagh Gallagher
Sandra Williamson
- Marc O'Shea Midge
- Margaret D'Arcy Alice McVea
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James Ellis
Albert McVea
- Rosemary McAuley Pauline Willis
- Catherine Brennan Mrs. Cowan
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Allan Gildea
Paul Willis
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Lorcan Cranitch
Leo Doyle
- Bridget Turner Frances Doyle
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Ingrid Craigie
Mary Carlin
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Des McAleer
Paddy John O'Neill
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Ian McElhinney
Working Out Governor
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Gerard Horan
Tony Carlin
- John Hewitt Malachy Doyle
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Marie Jones
Margaret O'Neill
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Aingeal Grehan
Dolores Brennan
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B.J. Hogg
Liam
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Alan McKee
Biff Donaghy
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Conor Mullen
Andrew Martin
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Robert Donavan
Michael O'Neill
- Vincent Higgins PC Ian Wylie
- Abbie Spallen WPC Yvonne Wycliffe
- Jonathan Arun Ronnie Mercer
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George Shane
Mr Moloney
- Margaret McCann Mrs Moloney
- Irene Maxwell Woman at Supermarket
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Patrick Fitzsymons
Supermarket Manager
- Mary Fegan Carol O'Neill
- Cheryl O'Dwyer Kira O'Neill
- Finbar Kelly Leo Doyle - age 17
- Michael Hallie Leo Doyle - age 9
- Mark Kane Mickey Donnelly
- Danny Lunny Kev
- John Fitzsimons Geordie
- Michael Mezza Blinko
- Sarah Rooney Sue
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John Bird
Commander Abigail
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Avril Elgar
Mrs. Abigail
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Peter Jones
Mr. Dass
- Charles Lamb Pensioner
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John Nettleton
Mr. Burrill
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Pat Heywood
Mrs. Burrill
- Edward Rawle-Hicks Richard Burrill
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Allan Cuthbertson
Mr. Horrobin
- Rosemary Macvie Mrs. Horrobin
- Oona Kirsch Julia
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Pippa Hinchley
Anna
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Joan Sanderson
Miss Wilbraham
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Graham Crowden
Headmaster
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June Ellis
Dancing Teacher
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Janine Duvitski
Betty
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Timothy Bateson
Mr. Macklin
- John Wagland Edwin Macklin
- Stuart Mansfield Keith Macklin
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Charles McKeown
Mr. Hargreaves
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Sheila Fearn
Mrs. Hargreaves
- Phyllida Hewat Mrs. Argonaut
- Michelle Jordan Rebecca Phelps
- Jaynee Jordan Rachel Phelps
- Warren Saire Ice Cream Assistant
- Tip Tipping First Motorbiker
- Wayne Michaels Second Motorbiker
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Sean Chapman
Platoon Commander
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Gary Hailes
Jones
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Graham Fletcher-Cook
Rankin
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John Blundell
Corporal
- Ozzie Stevens L/Corporal
- Jem Ahmet
- Jason Cunliffe
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Steve Fletcher
Dawes
- Chris Lee
- James V. Mathews Farmer
- Dennis Savage
- Sam Smart
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Gary Oldman
Bex
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Phil Davis
Yeti
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Andrew Wilde
Oboe
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Charles Lawson
Trigg
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William Vanderpuye
Aitch
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Jay Simpson
Dominic
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Patrick Murray
Nunk
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Frank Mills
Farmer Edwards
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Peter Benson
Peggram
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Norman Jones
Walter Garnham
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Rhys Ifans
Kevin
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Rachel Weisz
Becca
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Paul Reynolds
Dog
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Walter Sparrow
Bill
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Susannah Doyle
Juliet
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George Costigan
Don
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Kathy Burke
Debbie
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James Cosmo
Jerry
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Moya Brady
Donna
- Anna Keaveney Denise
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Ruth Sheen
Viv Hastings
- Graham Aggrey Gary
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Angus Barnett
Terry
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Dave Hill
John Dunn
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Jackie Downey
Faye Wraxall
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David Hatton
Keith
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Phil Rose
Richard
- Steve Swinscoe Stuart Jury
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Tina Malone
Chrissie
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Robert Glenister
Jessel
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Susan Fleetwood
Serafin
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Roger Allam
Summerchild
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Jane Wymark
Anne
- June Barrie Mrs Padmore
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Michael Fitzgerald
Hurren
- Augusta Harris Young Millie
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Marlene Sidaway
Joyce
- Mary MacLeod Mrs Tamm
- Sharon Bower Lynn
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Robert Langdon Lloyd
Serafin's husband
- Nicholas Haley Young Jessel
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Trevor Eve
Fischer
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Bruce Myers
Dix
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Murray Ewan
Mann
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Peter Jordan
Journalist
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Amanda Ooms
Anna
- Penelope Beaumont Becks chairwoman
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Peter Stormare
Byrd
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Corinne Jaber
Nadia
- Josef Červeňák Youssef
- Kateřina Daňková Video witness
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Rudolf Pellar
Wojkiech
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Shaun Dingwall
Schuster
- Judita Hessova Fischer's daughter
- Frank Kovacs Hart
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Saira Todd
Saffron
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Gary McDonald
Gee
- Donna Edwards Gail
- Ruth Lloyd Andrea
- Lynwen Hobbs Lynwen
- Clare Isaac Sharon
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Lynn Hunter
Mary
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Nicola Branson
Tricia
- Jeremi Cockram PC Jenkins
- John Pierce Jones Terry
- Roger Nott Photographer
- Huw Davies Mark
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Richard Harrington
Marzi
- Teresa Hennessy WPS Simpson
- Philip Howe Engineer
- Julie Higginson Hospital doctor
- Richard Goodfield Creditor
- Wynford Ellis Owen Psychiatrist
- Brinley Jenkins Minister
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Ray Gravell
FPA doctor
- Michael Forrest Eddie
- Russell Gomer Acker
- Christine Tuckett Janice
- Claire Erasmus Annie
- Gemma Probert Lily
- Judith Humphreys Lecturer
- Helen Veysey Police operator
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Sandra Bernhard
Dallas Adair
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Victoria Longley
Rosalind
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Frank Gallacher
Stephen
- Jake Blundell Charlie
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Rose Byrne
Rastus
- Douglas Hedge Mayor Tonkin
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Melissa Thomas
Margaret
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Alethea McGrath
Aunt Mary
- John Frawley Mr Fellowes
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Jason Isaacs
Killer (voice)
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Burt Caesar
(voice)
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Trevor Cooper
(voice)
- Ian Dunn (voice)
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Beverly Hills
(voice)
- Anthony Jackson (voice)
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Ken Campbell
Tim Rickett
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Janet Henfrey
Teacher
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Arnold Diamond
Telephone Voice
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Christopher Ellison
Telecom Engineer
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Wolf Kahler
German Interviewer
- Charles Pemberton Pub Man
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Malcolm Terris
Pub Landlord
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Denholm Elliott
Philip Neville
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Patricia Hodge
Monica
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Ann Firbank
Penelope Milne
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Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Dempster