Jean Simmons

as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

James Hayter

as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")

Michael Rennie

as Major George Templeton (segment Sanatorium)

Roland Culver

as Mr. Ashenden

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Mr. Gray (segment Mr. Know-It-All)

Kathleen Harrison

as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

Anne Crawford

as Mrs. Ramsey (in segment Mr. Know-All)

Nigel Patrick

as Max Kelada (in segment Mr. Know-All)

Felix Aylmer

as Bank Manager

Lana Morris

as Gladys

Michael Hordern

as Vicar

Glyn Houston

as Ted

Eliot Makeham

as Sexton

Bill Travers

as Fellowes (segment Mr. Know-It-All)

Henry Edwards

as Church Warden

Naunton Wayne

as Mr. Ramsey

Clive Morton

as Ship's Captain

Dennis Harkin

as Captain's Steward

Michael Medwin

as Steward

Raymond Huntley

as Mr. Henry Chester

Betty Ann Davies

as Mrs. Helen Chester

André Morell

as Dr. Lennox

John Laurie

as Mr. Campbell

Finlay Currie

as Mr. McLeod

W. Somerset Maugham

as Himself

Marjorie Fielding

as Mrs. Whitbread (uncredited)

Shelagh Fraser

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Joan Marion

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Mary Merrall

as Miss Atkin (uncredited)

Kynaston Reeves

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Michael Ward

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)