Labour :-
ALDERMAN Boocock, the Mayor – FRANK RUSHWOrTH
Mrs. Boocock, the Mayoress – CONSTANCE TEALE
ALDERMAN BUTTERTHWAITE, his friend and ex-Mayor – DONALD CLOUGH
HOPEFAST Borough Councillor – JESSE SCARFE
HARDNUTT Borough Councillor – DAVID DENBIGH
HICKLETON Borough Councillor – MICHAEL WORSNOP
Conservative :-
ALDERMAN SIR HAROLD SWEETMAN, A wealthy brewer – C. CLIFFORD FOSTER
LADY SWEETMAN, his wife – MARY STANLEY
MAURICE SWEETMAN, his son – DAVID SINFIELD
F.J., his friend, Industrialist and Borough Councillor – KEITH SHORT
The Police :-
COLONEL FENG, Chief Constable – HARRY CHAPMAN
SUPERINTENDENT WIPER – DAVID HARE
SERGEANT LUMBER – LAURIE COOK
P.C. LIVERSEDGE – GORDON SUGDEN
P.C. LEFTWICH, retired from active duty, Mayoral Mace-bearer and Town Hall Factotum – ROBERT C. SHAW
PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMAN – PETER BARTLE
The Electorate :-
DR. WELLINGTON BLOMAX, a physician – DONALD HORTON
WELLESLEY, his daughter – JOAN A. BOULTON
GLORIA, Manageress of the Copacabana Club – ELISABETH NOTT
STONE MASONS – BERT SKAIFE, PETER BARTLE
GUESTS, at the Sweetman’s – MARY TEMPEST, JANE NEWHILL, JUNE MARTIN, TIMOTHY WYATT
MAID, at the Sweetman’s – MAY FARRER
LANDLADY, of the Victoria & Albert – JUNE MARTIN
DRINKERS – BERT SKAIFE, JAMES SCOTT, MAY FARRER, PETER BARTLE, TIMOTHY WYATT, ERIC FARRER, ROBERT P. TEALE
MANAGER at the Copacabana Club – GORDON SUGDEN
HOSTESSES at the Copacabana Club – MARY TEMPEST, JUNE MARTIN
DANCERS at the Copacabana Club – BARBARA DALBY, ANN LAVERACK, SHEILA JARVIS
JOURNALISTS – BERT SKAIFE, GORDON SUGDEN, JANE NEWHILL
LOVERS – TIMOTHY WYATT, JANE NEWHILL
WAITRESS, in the park cafe – MAY FARRER
DEMONSTRATORS – PETER BARTLE, ROBERT P. TEALE, TIMOTHY WYATT, ERIC FARRER, KATHRYN LONEY, JOY ROBINSON, JAMES SCOTT