Sean Bean ... Farmer Grey
David Thewlis ... Jerry Barker
Jim Carter ... John Manly
Peter Davison ... Squire Gordon
Alun Armstrong ... Reuben Smith
John McEnery ... Mr. York
Eleanor Bron ... Lady Wexmire
Peter Cook ... Lord Wexmire
Adrian Ross Magenty ... Lord George
Alan Cumming ... Black Beauty (voice)
Lyndon Davies ... Head Groom
Georgina Armstrong ... Jessica Gordon
Gemma Paternoster ... Molly Gordon
Anthony Walters ... Alfred Gordon
Rosalind Ayres ... Mistress Gordon
Andrew Knott ... Joe Green
Sean Baker ... Ostler
Bill Stewart ... Coachman
Bronco McLoughlin ... Vicar
Angus Barnett ... Ned Burnham
David Ryall ... Carriagemaker
Philip Taylor ... Carriagemaker's Assistant
Vic Armstrong ... Job Horse Boss
Robert Demeger ... Horse Marker Buyer
Vincent Regan ... Sleazy Horse Dealer
Matthew Scurfield ... Horse Dealer
Sean Blowers ... Hard-faced Man
Emma Richler ... Polly Barker
Keeley Flanders ... Dolly Barker
Freddy White ... Harry Barker (as Freddie White)
Conrad Asquith ... Guv'nor Crenshaw
Patrick Burke ... First Cabby
Dick Brannick ... Second Cabby
Paul McNeilly ... Third Cabby
Dido Miles ... Dinah
Rupert Penry-Jones ... Wild-looking Young Man
Graham Valentine ... Eager Cabby
Graeme Alexander Young ... Fourth Cabby
John Quarmby ... Butler
Julian Maud ... Drunken Gentleman
Bill McCabe ... First Driver
Niall O'Brien ... Farmer Thoroughgood
Jonathan Hirst ... Willie Thoroughgood
Ian Kelsey ... Joe Green (Older)
Plot:
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.