Squadron Leader Canfield
Michael Caine
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Trevor Howard
Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
Ralph Richardson
Squadron Leader Skipper
Robert Shaw
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Patrick Wymark
Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Susannah York
Warrant Officer Warwick
Michael Bates
Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
Robert Flemyng
Pilot Officer Archie
Edward Fox
Squadron Leader Evans
W.G. Foxley
Sqd. Leader Edwards
Barry Foster
Jamie
James Cosmo
Senior Civil Servant
Harry Andrews
Senior Air Staff Officer
Jack Gwillim
Gen. Osterkamp
Wilfried von Aacken
General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
Karl-Otto Alberty
Boehm
Helmut Kircher
Maj. Föhn
Paul Neuhaus
Field Marshal Milch (Inspector General, Luftwaffe)
Dietrich Frauboes
Col. Beppo Schmidt (Luftwaffe Intelligence)
Malte Petzel
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Peter Hager
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Hein Riess
Adolf Hitler
Rolf Stiefel
Baron von Richter
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Falke
Manfred Reddemann
Maj. Brandt
Alexander Allerson
Brandt's Navigator
Alf Jungermann
Jean Jacques
Jean Wladon
Sgt. Pilot Chris
David Griffin
RAF Officer
Eric Dodson
Grace
Kate Binchy
Skipper's Wife
Sarah Lawson
Mrs. Andy
Isla Blair
French NCO
André Maranne
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Ian McShane
Dubbing (voice)
Nikki Van der Zyl
Policeman (uncredited)
John Comer
Soldier (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Replacement Pilot - Red Section 'Red 2' (uncredited)
Richard Morant
Boy (uncredited)
Christopher Morris
RAF Officer (uncredited)
John Savident
RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Nick Tate
Lac Arnold (uncredited)
David McKail
Sergeant Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
George Roubicek
Albert (uncredited)
Paul Angelis
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Laurence Olivier
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Christopher Plummer
Group Capt. Baker
Kenneth More
Group Capt. Hope
Nigel Patrick
Air Vice Marshal Evill
Michael Redgrave
Director of Photography
Freddie Young
Producer
Harry Saltzman
Director
Guy Hamilton
First Assistant Director
Derek Cracknell
Screenplay
Wilfred Greatorex
Benjamin Fisz
Editor
Bert Bates
Novel
Derek Dempster
Original Music Composer
Ron Goodwin
Derek Wood
Casting
Maude Spector
James Kennaway
Art Direction
Gil Parrondo
Makeup Artist
George Frost
Bert Davey
Jack Maxsted
Costume Supervisor
John Wilson-Apperson
Eric Allwright
William Hutchinson
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Production Supervisor
Sydney Streeter
Production Manager
Claude Hudson
Still Photographer
Ray Caple
Cliff Richardson
Supervising Art Director
Maurice Carter
Glen Robinson
Second Unit Director
David Bracknell
Main Title Designer
Maurice Binder
Aerial Camera
John Jordan
Carl Duering
Hairdresser
A. G. Scott
Sound Editor
Jim Shields
Storyboard Artist
Colin Grimes
Sound
Gordon Everett
Teddy Mason
Visual Effects
Alan Quested
Gordon K. McCallum
Electrician
George Pearman
Grip
Jimmy Spoard
Skeets Kelly
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Huke
Continuity
Elaine Schreyeck
Wardrobe Supervisor
Bernard Williams
Agustín Pastor