"A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade."
Paul McGann
as Matthew Harris
Amanda Donohoe
as Christine Taylor
Frederick Treves
as Dr. Mumford
Tom Wilkinson
as Dr. Thorn
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Celia Mumford
Jimmy Yuill
as Alec Moran
Mark Lewis Jones
as Dr. Lloyd
John Warnaby
as Dr. Hammond
Alexandra Mathie
as Beverley
Oliver Ford Davies
as Coroner
Frank Baker
as Happy
Clive Rowe
as Ants
Robert Oates
as Head Porter
Karen Ascoe
as Alison
Dale Rapley
as Dr. Simon Hennessey
Simon Adams
as Laurence
Hetta Charnley
as Medical Student
Dierdre Halligan
as Old Patient
Freda Rodgers
as Dr. Thorn's Staff Nurse
Sally Thompson
as Dr. Gemmel
Iain Locke
as Dr. Sutherland
Dhirendra
as Dr. Kassim
Michael Thomas
as Teaching Doctor
Bridget Brammall
as Girl in Bed
Philip Fox
as Anaesthetist
Harmage Singh Kalirai
as Surgeon
Glyn Pritchard
as Man with Gashed Thumb
Tank James
as Biker
Charmian May
as Radiographer
Jay Flynn
as Child in Casualty
Marilyn Finlay
as Mother
Carmen Knight
as Student Nurse
Harry Webster
as Yellow Man
Nick Edmett
as Ambulance Driver
Oliver Guilford
as Schoolboy
Tam White
as Blues Singer
Steve Waller
as Pianist
Glen LeFleur
as Drummer
Ian Bairnson
as Guitarist
Gary Twigg
as Bass Guitarist
Juliette Grassby
as Caitlin
Michael Bertenshaw
as Coroner's Officer
Phillip Manikum
as Maintenance Engineer
Lee Simpson
as Reporter
Diana Payan
as Salisbury Sister
Jeremy McNeill
as Man on boat (uncredited)
Christopher Morahan
Director
John Collee
Novel
Screenplay
Producer
Sue Austen
Co-Producer
Richard Harvey
Original Music Composer
Nat Crosby
Director of Photography
Peter Coulson
Editor
Caroline Hanania
Production Design
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction
Amy Roberts
Costume Design