Cpl Tubby Binns
John Mills
John Holden
Richard Attenborough
Pannet
Rodney Diak
Jouvet
Michael Shillo
Commander (Tough's Yard)
Eddie Byrne
Diana
Maxine Audley
Colonel (Medical Officer)
Lionel Jeffries
Merchant Seaman
Victor Maddern
Military Spokesman
Anthony Nicholls
Himself
Bud Flanagan
Chesney Allen
Lieutenant Lumpkin
Kenneth Cope
Charles Foreman
Bernard Lee
Fraser
Denys Graham
Don R
Barry Foster
Battery Sergeant Major
Warwick Ashton
Battery Major
Peter Halliday
Staff Colonel
John Welsh
Lloyd Lamble
General The Viscount Gort V.C.
Cyril Raymond
Vice Admiral Ramsay
Nicholas Hannen
Grace
Patricia Plunkett
Commander (Sheerness)
Michael Gwynn
Mike
Robert Urquhart
Old Sweat
Fred Griffiths
Joe
Dan Cressey
Sergeant on the beaches
Christopher Rhodes
Dr. Levy
Harry Landis
Padre
John Horsley
Sergeant on Parade Ground
Patrick Allen
Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)
Liz Fraser
Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)
Michael Brennan
Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)
Bernard Cribbins
German Soldier (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Barlow
Ray Jackson
Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)
John Phillips
Captain (uncredited)
William Squire
Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)
Tim Turner
Private Miles
Ronald Hines
Frankie
Sean Barrett
Harper
Roland Curram
Dave Bellman
Meredith Edwards
Froome
Michael Bates
Original Music Composer
Malcolm Arnold
Screenplay
W.P. Lipscomb
Novel
Trevor Dudley-Smith
Producer
Michael Balcon
David Divine
Director
Leslie Norman
Unit Production Manager
Norman Priggen
Continuity
Lee Turner
Technical Advisor
Ewan Butler
Production Supervisor
Hal Mason
Sound Recordist
Norman King
Sound Supervisor
Stephen Dalby
Book
J. S. Bradford
Assistant Director
Michael Birkett
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ivy Baker
John Pidler
Sound Editor
Lionel Selwyn
Makeup Artist
Roy Ashton
Costume Design
Alastair McIntyre
Editor
Gordon Stone
Associate Producer
Michael Forlong
Director of Photography
Paul Beeson
Special Effects
Fred Hellenburgh
Art Direction
Jim Morahan
Music Director
Dock Mathieson
Camera Operator
Hugh Wilson