Edward Robinson, a city clerk much under the thumb of his fiancée, Maud, decides on a whim to spend some competition prize money to buy a sports car.
Nicholas Farrell as Edward Robinson Cherie Lunghi as Lady Noreen Elliot Margery Mason as Mrs Lithinglow Ann Thornton as Maud Tom Mannion as Herbert Maynard Sallyanne Law (credited as Sally Anne Law) as Millie Patrick Newell as The Major Bryan Coleman as Lord Melbury Nicholas Bell as Jeremy Rupert Everett as Guy Fiona Hendley as Poppy Simon Green as Sebastian Georgina Coombs as Diana Rio Fanning as Barman Frank Duncan as Grosvenor Julian Wadham as Gerald Champneys Richard Atherton as Man at Bar Cy Town as Man at Bar