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                                    David Suchet
Alfred Verloc
 
                                    Cheryl Campbell
Winnie Verloc
 
                                    Peter Capaldi
Mr Vladimir
 
                                    Warren Clarke
Chief Inspector Heat
 
                                    Janet Suzman
Margaret, Duchess of Chester
 
                                    Alfred Lynch
The Professor
 
                                    David Schofield
Ossipon
 
                                    John Benfield
Michaelis
 
                                    Patrick Malahide
Assistant Commissioner
 
                                    Stratford Johns
Home Secretary
 
                                    Doreen Mantle
Mrs Waller
 
                                    Nicholas Gecks
Toodles
 
                                    David Ryall
Wurme
 
                                    Edmund Dehn
Bertrand