Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jack Lee

Writing Credits

Nevil Shute
(novel)
W.P. Lipscomb
(screenplay) and
Richard Mason
(screenplay)

Cast

Virginia McKenna
Jean Paget
Peter Finch
Joe Harman
Kenji Takaki
Japanese Sergeant
Tran Van Khe
Captain Sugaya
Jean Anderson
Miss Horsefall
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Dudley Frost
Maureen Swanson
Ellen
Renee Houston
Ebbey
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Frith
Eileen Moore
Mrs. Holland
John Fabian
Mr. Holland
Vincent Ball
Ben
Tim Turner
British Sergeant
Vu Ngoc Tuan
Captain Yanata
Munesato Yamada
Captain Takata
Nakanishi
Captain Nishi
Otokichi Ikeda
Kempetei Sergeant
Geoffrey Keen
Solicitor
June Shaw
Mrs. Graham
Armine Sandford
Mrs. Carstairs
Mary Allen
Mrs. Anderson
Virginia Clay
Mrs. Knowles
Bay White
Mrs. Davies
Philippa Morgan
Mrs. Lindsay
Dorothy Moss
Mrs. O'Brien
Gwenda Ewen
Mrs. Rhodes
Josephine Miller
Daphne Adams
Edwina Carroll
Fatima
Sanny Bin Hussan
Mat Amin
Charles Marshall
Well Digger
Jane White
Brenda
Cameron Moore
Freddie
Margaret Eaden
Jane
Dominic Lieven
Michael Rhodes
Peter John
Timothy
Meg Buckenham
Mary Graham
Geoffrey Hawkins
Robin
Ernest Blyth
Prisoner
Richard Duke
Prisoner
Charles Gilliard
Prisoner
Garard Green
Prisoner
Bob Head
Australian POW
Eric Henderson
Aussie POW
Sam Kydd
Australian Driver
Arnold Lee
Japanese Soldier
Peter Madden
Aussie POW
Norman Morris
Prisoner
Russell Napier
Jack Burns
Charles Rayford
Aussie Prisoner of War
Martin Voss
Passenger
John Wilder
Prisoner

Produced by

Joseph Janni
producer
Earl St. John
executive producer

Music by

Matyas Seiber

Cinematography by

Geoffrey Unsworth
director of photography

Editing by

Sidney Hayers

Art Direction by

Alex Vetchinsky

Makeup Department

George Blackler
makeup artist

Production Management

Jack Hanbury
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David W. Orton
assistant director (as David Orton)
Peter Carey
third assistant director (uncredited)
Harold Orton
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Lionel Couch
chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Terence Marsh
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Geoffrey Daniels
sound recordist
Archie Ludski
sound editor (as A. Ludski)
Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Harry Miller
sound editor
Charles Arnold
sound camera operator (uncredited)
John Brommage
boom operator (uncredited)
Ted Drake
music editor (uncredited)
Christopher Lancaster
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
C. Le Mesurier
dubbing (uncredited)
Moray MacFarlane
boom operator (uncredited)
Barbara Rodwell
assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Bryan Langley
special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Atcheler
camera operator
John Alcott
focus puller (uncredited)
James Devis
focus puller (uncredited)
Bernard Ford
clapper loader (uncredited)
Harry Gillard
still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Roy Fry
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Matyas Seiber
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Joan Davis
continuity
Penny Daniels
assistant continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller: Pinewood Studios, London, England
Jeanette Green
production secretary (uncredited)
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