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