| Cast list | | Richard Gere | as | David | | Edward Woodward | as | Saul | | Alice Krige | as | Bathsheba | | Denis Quilley | as | Samuel | | Niall Buggy | as | Nathan | | Cherie Lunghi | as | Michal | | Hurd Hatfield | as | Ahimelech | | Jack Klaff | as | Jonathan | | John Castle | as | Abner | | Tim Woodward | as | Joab | | David de Keyser | as | Ahitophel | | Ian Sears | as | Young David | | Simon Dutton | as | Eliab | | Jean-Marc Barr | as | Absalom | | Arthur Whybrow | as | Jesse |
| | Crew list: | | Bruce Beresford (Director) | | Andrew Birkin (Writer) | | James Costigan (Writer) |
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