Commander/Major Shears

William Holden

Colonel Nicholson

Alec Guinness

Colonel Saito

Sessue Hayakawa

Major Warden

Jack Hawkins

Colonel Saito

Sessue Hayakawa*

Major Clipton

James Donald

Lieutenant Joyce

Geoffrey Horne

Colonel Green

Andre Morrell

Colonel Green(as Andre Morell)

André Morell

Captain Reeves

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

Peter Williams

Major Hughes

John Boxer

Grogan

Percy Herbert

Grogan

Percy Herbert

Baker

Harold Goodwin

Nurse

Ann Sears

Captain Kanematsu(as Henry Okawa)

Heihachirô Ôkawa

Captain Kanematsu

Henry Okawa

Lieutenant Miura(as Keiichiro Katsumoto) (as K. Katsumoto)

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Siamese Girl

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Yai

M.R.B. Chakrabandhu

Siamese Girl

Ngamta Suphaphongs

Siamese Girl

Javanart Punynchoti

Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee

Tokyo Rose

Tsai Chin

Harold Goodwin

K. Katsumoto

Director

David Lean