Cast
Ronnie Barker had suggested the part of Lennie Godber for Paul Henry, but the decision was taken to cast Richard Beckinsale by the production team.
- Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher
- Fulton MacKay as Principal Prison Officer Mr MacKay
- Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber
- Brian Wilde as Prison Officer Mr Henry Barrowclough
- Peter Vaughan as "Genial" Harry Grout
- Sam Kelly as "Bunny" Warren
- Tony Osoba as Jim McLaren
- Christopher Biggins as Lukewarm
- David Jason as Blanco Webb
- Ken Jones as "Horrible" Ives
- Ronald Lacey as Harris
- Michael Barrington as Geoffrey Venables (the Governor)
- Madge Hindle as Mrs Hesketh (the Governor's secretary)
- Patricia Brake as Ingrid Fletcher
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