Cast
- Brenda Blethyn as Grace Trevethyn, a middle-aged newly widowed woman who is faced with the prospect of financial ruin and turns to growing marijuana under the tutelage of her gardener in order to save her family home. Blethyn, who was Ferguson's first choice, signed on the movie two years before shooting.
- Craig Ferguson as Matthew Stewart, Grace's gardener. Ferguson created the playful character with himself in mind. "I saw him as a decent chap who happens to like a bit of marijuana," Ferguson said. "He really cares about Grace and he wants to save her."
- Martin Clunes as Dr. Martin Bamford, a friend of Matthew. Clunes' character was spun off into a pair of films focusing on how he ended up in Cornwall. Later the character was renamed Dr. Martin "Ellingham" and underwent a complete personality change to become the cranky curmudgeon that stars in the ITV television series Doc Martin, which states in its ending credits that the character was derived from the film Saving Grace.
- Valerie Edmond as Nicky, Matthew's frowning girlfriend. Edmond won the role of the village's fishing captain in a large open casting call.
- Tcheky Karyo as Jacques Chevalier
- Jamie Foreman as China MacFarlane
- Bill Bailey as Vince
- Diana Quick as Honey Chambers
- Tristan Sturrock as Harvey
- Phyllida Law as Margaret Sutton
- Linda Kerr Scott as Diana Skinner
- Leslie Phillips as Rev. Gerald Percy
- Paul Brooke as Charlie
- Ken Campbell as Sgt. Alfred Mabely
- Clive Merrison as Quentin Rhodes
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