Michael Caine Jack Carter Ian Hendry Eric Paice John Osborne Cyril Kinnear Britt Ekland Anna, la maîtresse de Carter Bryan Mosley Cliff Brumby. MGM executives initially wanted Telly Savalas for the part of the "big man", but were impressed by Coronation Street actor Mosley's performance in fight scenes in Far from The Madding Crowd. A devout Roman Catholic, Mosley was concerned abou Wolfgang Suschitzky George Sewell Con (John en VF) McCarty Alun Armstrong Keith, le barman Tony Beckley Peter Glynn Edwards Albert Swift Bernard Hepton « Thorpey » Thorpe Petra Markham Doreen Geraldine Moffat Glenda John Bindon Sid Fletcher. He was the son of a London cab driver who was "discovered" by Ken Loach in a pub. As a young man Bindon had been in and out of borstal, and spent most of his adult life associating with criminals, so he was ideally suited to play a gangland Terence Rigby Gerald Fletcher Jimmy Nail (Non crédité) Godfrey Quigley Eddie Ben Aris Allan Surtees Gambler (uncredited) Alexander Morton Hubert (uncredited)(Non crédité)