Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

Richard Todd

Captain 'Bunter' Phillips

Michael Wilding

Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

Bernard Lee

Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

Richard Attenborough

Capitano Benucci

Peter Arne

Capt. Rupert Callender

Dennis Price

Capt. Roger Byford

Donald Houston

Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Capt. Tony Long

William Franklyn

Capt. Pat Foster

Vincent Ball

Maj. Charles Marquand

Michael Wilding, Sr.

Lt. Gibbs

Terry Alexander

Capt. Alfred Piker

Peter Jones

Lt. Meynell, 'The Sewer Rat'

Ronnie Stevens

Hazel Court

Lee Patterson

Lt. Comdr. 'Dopey' Gibbon, R.N.

Andrew Faulds

Lt. Pierre Dessin

Steve Norbert

John Paul

Lt. Cyriakos Coutoules

Cyril Shaps

Billie Whitelaw

Lt. Tim O'Brien

Eric Lander

Lt. Robson

John Dearth

'Doc' Simmonds, R.A.M.C.

Robert Bruce

Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall

Harold Siddons

2nd. Lt. Betts-Hanger

Ian Whittaker

Lt. Moxhay

David Graham

Lt. Parsons

David Williams

Lt. Bush

Howard Williams

Commandante Arletti

Dino Galvani

Lt Paoli

Victor Baring

Hut Commander (uncredited)

Paul Beradi

Hut Commander (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

POW (uncredited)

Peter Brace

POW (uncredited)

John Corrie

Italian Guard (uncredited)

Dan Cressey

POW (uncredited)

Richard Duke

POW in Hamlet (uncredited)

Max Faulkner

POW (uncredited)

Otto Friese

Hut Commander (uncredited)

Robert Gregory

POW (uncredited)

John Leyton

Italian Guard (uncredited)

Alf Mangan

POW (uncredited)

Jim McManus

POW in Hamlet (uncredited)

Patrick Mynhardt

POW (uncredited)

Pat Ryan

POW (uncredited)

Harold Sanderson

POW (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

POW (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

POW (uncredited)

Phillip Stewart

POW (uncredited)

Reg Thomason

POW in Hamlet (uncredited)

Hedger Wallace