"During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick."
Jason Robards
as Mark Twain
Talia Shire
as Jean Clemens
R.H. Thomson
as Albert Paine
Fiona Reid
as Mrs. Quick
Chris Wiggins
as Captain
Amy Stewart
as Dorothy Quick
Anna Ferguson
as Arabella
Chapelle Jaffe
as Sarah Hardwig
Colin Fox
as Dr. Quintard
Susan Coyne
as Miss Hobby
Bunty Webb
as Minnie
Jenny Turner
as Mrs. Woods
Brian Paul
as Ship's Purser
Corinne Conley
as Saleswoman
Michael Polley
as Orchestra Leader
James Mainprize
as Concierge
Lee MacDougall
as Porter
Roy Lewis
as Carriage Man
John Shepherd
as Oxford Dean
Douglas E. Hughes
as Reporter #1
John Bayliss
as Reporter #2
Yank Azman
as Reporter #3
Kelly Spalding
as Schoolgirl #1
Dorothy Quick
Book
Julian Fowles
Executive Producer
Daniel Petrie
Producer
Cynthia Whitcomb
Writer
John Danylkiw
Associate Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Music
Paul LaMastra
Editor
Director
Liam Kiernan
Assistant Location Manager
François Protat
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Cowan