Glenda Jackson

as Lady Hamilton

Peter Finch

as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

Michael Jayston

as Capt. Hardy

Anthony Quayle

as Lord Minto

Margaret Leighton

as Lady Frances Nelson

Dominic Guard

as Master George Matcham

Nigel Stock

as George Matcham

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

as Catherine "Catty" Matcham