Douglas Bader

Kenneth More

Thelma Bader

Muriel Pavlow

Johnny Sanderson

Lyndon Brook

Mr. Joyce

Alexander Knox

Stan Turner

Lee Patterson

Nurse Brace

Dorothy Alison

Harry Day

Michael Warre

Robert Desoutter

Sydney Tafler

`Woody' Woodhall

Howard Marion-Crawford

Peel

Jack Watling

Air Vice-Marshal Halahan

Walter Hudd

Streatfield

Nigel Green

Wing Commander Beiseigel

Ernest Clark

Sister Thornhill

Anne Leon

Air Vice Marshal Leigh-Mallory

Ronald Adam

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Charles Carson

Crowley Milling

Basil Appleby

Flight Sergeant Mills

Eddie Byrne

Sally

Beverley Brooks

Police Constable

Philip Stainton

Warrant Officer West

Michael Ripper

Civilian Pilot

Derek Blomfield

Douglas Bader's Mother

Avice Landone

Adjutant of Prison Camp

Eric Pohlmann

Flying Instructor Pearson

Michael Gough

Bates

Harry Locke

Warrant Officer Blake

Sam Kydd

German Sergeant

Anton Diffring

Bates

Harry Locke

Michel Clement

Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash (uncredited)

Peter Byrne

RAF Batman Who Helps Bader with His New Legs

Clive Revill

Orderly

Michael Balfour

Air Ministry Doctor

Basil Dignam

German Stabsfeldwebel

Anton Diffring

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Philip Leacock