Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Alec Guinness
Air CO Frank
Jack Hawkins
Vice Adm. Payne
Reginald Tate
Vice Adm Willie Banks
Ralph Truman
British Soldier
Gordon Jackson
Operations Room Controller
Ronald Adam
Cypher Clerk
Peter Barkworth
Old Man
Ivor Barnard
Flying Officer
Peter Bull
British Officer
Michael Craig
Maurice Denham
General
Jerry Desmonde
Maria Gonzar
Muriel Pavlow
Radar Operator
Thomas Heathcote
Sergeant Major
Geoffrey Keen
British Soldier at Airport
Dermot Kelly
Army Airfield Soldier
Sam Kydd
Victor Maddern
Ramsey
Michael Medwin
Officer on Truck
Lee Patterson
Officer at Prison
William Russell
Matthews
Harold Siddons
Hobley
Noel Willman
John Bartlett
Anthony Steel
Joan Rivers
Renée Asherson
Melita Gonzar
Flora Robson
Eden
Hugh Burden
Giuseppe Gonzar
Nigel Stock
Paolo Gonzar
Stuart Burge
Carmella Gonzar
Rosalie Crutchley
Director of Photography
Robert Krasker
Idea
Thorold Dickinson
Executive Producer
Earl St. John
Director
Brian Desmond Hurst
Second Unit Cinematographer
E. Steward
Story
William Fairchild
Makeup Artist
W.T. Partleton
Producer
Peter De Sarigny
Editor
Michael Gordon
Screenplay
Special Effects
Bill Warrington
Albert Whitlock
Art Direction
John Howell
Novel
Hugh P. Lloyd
Sound Editor
Eric Wood
Nigel Balchin
Camera Operator
H. A. R. Thomson
Script Supervisor
Tilly Day
Original Music Composer
William Alwyn
Sound Recordist
John W. Mitchell
Gordon K. McCallum
Third Assistant Director
Maurice Gibson