Kevin Kline

Donald Woods

Denzel Washington

Steve Biko

Penelope Wilton

Wendy Woods

Kate Hardie

Jane Woods

John Matshikiza

Mapetla

Zakes Mokae

Father Kani

John Thaw

Kruger

Kevin McNally

Ken

John Hargreaves

Bruce

Juanita Waterman

Ntsiki Biko

Julian Glover

Don Card

Josette Simon

Dr Ramphele

Timothy West

Capt. De Wet

Miles Anderson

Lemick

Ian Richardson

State Prosecutor

Andrew McCulloch

Policeman Nel

Gerald Sim

Police Doctor

Gary Whelan

Guard

Glen Murphy

Guard

Peter Cartwright

Police Sergeant

Badi Uzzaman

Mortician

Gwyneth Powell

Girl at Funeral

Philip Bretherton

Major Boshoff

Alec McCowen

Acting High Comissioner

Joseph Marcell

Moses

Judy Cornwell

Receptionist

John Paul

Wendy's Father

Gwen Watford

Wendy's Mother

William Marlowe

Police Sergeant

Paul Jerricho

Sergeant Louw

Nick Tate

Pilot

Andrew Whaley

Sub-Editor

Shelley Borkum

Woods' Receptionist

Albert Ndinda

Alec

Evelyn Sithole

Nurse at Clinic

Xoliswa Sithole

Nurse at Clinic

James Coine

Young Boy

Wabei Siyolwe

Tenjy

Tony Vogel

2nd Roadblock Policeman

Michael Graham Cox

3rd Passport Control Officer

Hepburn Graham

Soga

Graeme Taylor

Dillon Woods

Sophie Mgcina

Evalina

Jim Findley

Peter Jones

Garrick Hagon

McElrea

Adam Stuart Walker

Duncan Woods

Hamish Stuart Walker

Gavin Woods

Spring Stuart Walker

Meg Woods

Patricia Gumede

Shebeen Queen

Angela Gavaza

Shebeen Queen's Niece

Nocebo Mlambo

Aunt

Walter Matemavi

Nephew

Clement Muchachi

Father

Ruth Chinamando

Mother

Basil Chidyamathamba

Brother-in-Law

Marcy Mushore

Niece

Alton Kumalo

Speaker

Lawrence Simbarashe

Informer

Carl Chase

Policeman

William Morgan Sheppard

Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

Tichatonga Mazhindu

Dilima

Neil McPherson

Lemick's Assistant

Claude Maredza

1st Rugby Player

Carlton Chance

2nd Rugby Player

Russell Keith Grant

2nd Security Guard

Munyaradzi Kanaventi

Samora Biko

George Lovell

Nkosinathi Biko

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Nel's Partner

Karen Drury

Young Secretary

Niven Boyd

1st Roadblock Policeman

Christopher Hurst

3rd Roadblock Policeman

Dudley Dickin

Nationalist Party Delegate

David Trevena

Mortician

Robert Phillips

Speaker at Funeral

Fishoo Tembo

Biko's Brother

Peggy Marsh

Helen Suzman

Gwyneth Strong

Girl at Funeral

Paul Herzberg

Beukes

Robert MacNamara

Security Policeman

Hans Sittig

Security Policeman

Kimpton Mativenga

Black Security Policeman

David Henry

Afrikaner Farmer

Michael Turner

Judge Boshoff

Mawa Makondo

Jason

Kalie Hanekom

Magistrate Prins

Star Ncube

1st Prisoner

David Guwaza

2nd Prisoner

Tommy Buson

Tami

Hilary Minster

1st Passport Control Officer

James Aubrey

2nd Passport Control Officer

Peter Cary

White Frontier Policeman

Dominic Kanaventi

Black Frontier Policeman

Sam Mathambo

Lesotho Passport Officer

Walter Muparutsa

Lesotho Businessman

Louis Mahoney

Lesotho Goverment Official

John Hartley

4th Passport Control Officer

Simon Shumba

Young Lesotho Official

Marilyn Poole

Acting High Commissioner's Wife

Richard Attenborough

Director

John Briley

Screenplay

Donald Woods

Novel

Richard Attenborough

Producer

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Jonas Gwangwa

Original Music Composer

Lesley Walker

Editor

Ronnie Taylor

Director of Photography

Diana Hawkins

Publicist

Stuart Craig

Production Design

John Briley

Co-Producer

Terence A. Clegg

Executive Producer

Norman Spencer

Co-Producer

Susie Figgis

Casting

Norman Dorme

Supervising Art Director

John King

Art Direction

George Richardson

Supervising Art Director

Michael Seirton

Set Decoration

John Mollo

Costume Design

Paula Gillespie

Hairstylist

Beryl Lerman

Makeup Artist

Vera Mitchell

Hairstylist

Wally Schneiderman

Makeup Supervisor

Allan James

Production Manager

Gerry Levy

Production Manager

Jonathan Bates

Sound

Michael Crouch

Dialogue Editor

Gerry Humphreys

Sound

Simon Kaye

Sound

Brian Mann

Dialogue Editor

Martin Gant

Special Effects

David Harris

Special Effects Supervisor

Paul Knowles

Special Effects

Gift Nyamandi

Special Effects

Alan Poole

Special Effects

David Tomblin

First Assistant Director

Gavin Bocquet

Assistant Art Director

Stephen Chigorimbo

Assistant Director