| Cast list | | Rosalie Shanks | as | Margaret Hale | | Patrick Stewart | as | John Thornton | | James Appleby | as | Pinfold | | Robin Bailey | as | Mr. Hale | | Christopher Burgess | as | Boucher | | Kathleen Byron | as | Mrs. Hale | | Shirley Cain | as | Mrs. Hepworth | | Rosalie Crutchley | as | Mrs. Thornton | | Lesley Daine | as | Jane | | Barrie Fletcher | as | Police officer | | Seymour Green | as | Newton | | Gail Harrison | as | Edith Shaw | | Jean Harvey | as | Aunt Shaw | | Barbara Hickmott | as | Bessy Higgins | | Keith James | as | Jenkins | | Norman Jones | as | Nicholas Higgins | | Cyril Luckham | as | Mr. Benn | | Ian Marter | as | Henry Lennox | | Ginette McDonald | as | Mary Higgins | | Robin Meredith | as | Porter | | Connie Merigold | as | Mrs. Purkis | | Pamela Moiseiwitsch | as | Fanny Thornton | | Ray Mort | as | Carter | | Roland Oliver | as | Mr. Hepworth | | Tim Pigott-Smith | as | Frederick Hale | | Paul Rosebury | as | Strike ringleader | | Philip Ryan | as | Strike ringleader | | Peter Tuddenham | as | Dr. Lowe | | Maryann Turner | as | Mrs. Boucher | | Peter Welch | as | Slickson | | Brian Wilde | as | Dr. Donaldson | | Peggy Ann Wood | as | Dixon |
| | Crew list: | | Rodney Bennett (Director) | | Elizabeth Gaskell (Writer) | | David Turner (Writer) |
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