The cast
David Suchet brings Augustus Melmotte ‘the great financier’ to life, bullying and swindling all around him. Shirley Henderson plays his daughter Marie, who finally stands up to him.
Credits
| Directed by | David Yates |
| Script by | Andrew Davies |
| Producer | Nigel Stafford-Clark |
| Executive producers | Rebecca Eaton |
| Pippa Harris | |
| Jane Tranter | |
| Line producer | Paul Frift |
| Original music by | Nicholas Hooper |
| Cinematography by | Chris Seager |
| Film editing by | Mark Day |
| Casting by | Wendy Brazington |
| Production design by | Gerry Scott |
| Art direction by | Diane Dancklefsen |
| Mark Kebby | |
| Set decoration by | Caroline Smith |
| Costume design by | Andrea Galer |
Cast list
| Sir Felix Carbury | Matthew Macfadyen |
| Hetta Carbury | Paloma Baeza |
| Lady Carbury | Cheryl Campbell |
| Marie Melmotte | Shirley Henderson |
| Roger Carbury | Douglas Hodge |
| Paul Montague | Cillian Murphy |
| Mrs. Hurtle | Miranda Otto |
| Mr. Broune | David Bradley |
| Lord Alfred Grendall | Tony Britton |
| Mr. Alf | Rob Brydon |
| Croll | Allan Corduner |
| Mrs. Pomona Longestaffe | Joanna David |
| Mrs. Pipkin | Michele Dotrice |
| Georgiana Longestaffe | Anne-Marie Duff |
| Augustus Melmotte | David Suchet |
| Mr. Longestaffe | Oliver Ford Davies |
| Ruby Ruggles | Maxine Peake |
| Hamilton K Fisker | Michael Riley |
| Madame Melmotte | Helen Schlesinger |
| Rest of cast alphabetically | |
| Tradesman | Demetri Alexander |
| Didon | Lilo Baur |
| Dolly Longestaffe | Richard Cant |
| Mr. Brehgert | Jim Carter |
| Big Man | Wolf Christian |
| Marquis of Auld Reekie | Graham Crowden |
| Acrobatic Jester | Nicholas Daines |
| Waiter | Jamie de Courcey |
| Reporter | Adam De Ville |
| Butler at Grosvenor Square | Tom Fahy |
| Music Hall Entertainer | George Gerry |
| Inspector Brown | Peter Gunn |
| Mr. Brown, MP | Roger Hammond |
| Squercum | Toby Jones |
| John Crumb | Nicholas McGaughey |
| Lord Nidderdale | Stuart McQuarrie |
| Mr. Ruggles | Trevor Peacock |
| Doctor | Donald Pelmear |
| Mr. Wakeham | Tony Pritchard |
| Herr Vossner | Jon Rumney |
| Butler at Caversham Hall | Derek Smee |
| Portrait Painter | Robert Sterne |
| Leader of the House of Commons | Dudley Sutton |
| Sir Damask Monogram | Rupert Vansittart |
| Lady Julia Monogram | Fenella Woolgar |
| Miles Grendall | Angus Wright |