- John Mills
- Corporal 'Tubby' Binns
- Richard Attenborough
- John Holden
- Bernard Lee
- Charles Foreman
- Robert Urquhart
- Private Mike Russell
- Ray Jackson
- Private Barlow
- Ronald Hines
- Private Miles
- Sean Barrett
- Frankie
- Roland Curram
- Private Harper
- Meredith Edwards
- Private Dave Bellman
- Michael Bates
- Airman Froome
- Rodney Diak
- Pannet
- Michael Shillo
- Jouvet
- Eddie Byrne
- Commander - Tough's Yard
- Maxine Audley
- Diana Foreman
- Lionel Jeffries
- Colonel - Medical Officer
- Victor Maddern
- Merchant Seaman
- Anthony Nicholls
- Military Spokesman
- Bud Flanagan
- Bud Flanagan
- Chesney Allen
- Chesney Allen
- Kenneth Cope
- Lieutenant Lumpkin
- Denys Graham
- Private Fraser
- Barry Foster
- Don R - Dispatch Rider
- Warwick Ashton
- Battery Sergeant Major
- Peter Halliday
- Battery Major
- John Welsh
- Staff Colonel
- Lloyd Lamble
- Staff Colonel
- Cyril Raymond
- General The Viscount Gort V.C.
- Nicholas Hannen
- Vice Admiral Ramsay
- Patricia Plunkett
- Grace Holden
- Michael Gwynn
- Commander - Sheerness
- Fred Griffiths
- Old Sweat
- Dan Cressey
- Joe - Crewman
- Christopher Rhodes
- Sergeant on the Beaches
- Harry Landis
- Dr. Levy
- John Horsley
- Padre
- Patrick Allen
- Sergeant on Parade Ground
- John Adderley
- British Soldier
- Joss Ambler
- Small Boat Owner
- Laurence Archer
- Naval Officer
- Jack Armstrong
- Reporter
- Alan Beaton
- Padre
- Arnold Bell
- Commander - Royal Navy
- Michael Brennan
- Paddle Steamer Captain
- Olwen Brookes
- Boat Owner's Wife
- Neville Chamberlain
- Self
- Winston Churchill
- Self
- Harold Coyne
- Soldier
- Bernard Cribbins
- Thirsty Sailor
- Bob Danvers Walker
- Newsreel Commentator
- Geoffrey Denton
- Lieutenant General Henry Pownall
- Arnold Diamond
- Policeman at Tough's Yard
- Arthur Dibbs
- Ministry Official
- Frank Forsyth
- Small Boat Owner
- Aldwyn Francis
- Small Boat Owner
- Liz Fraser
- Worker in Holden's Factory
- Thomas Graham
- Motorcyclist
- Aidan Harrington
- Soldier
- John Harvey
- British Officer
- John G. Heller
- German Soldier
- Glyn Houston
- Naval Officer
- Barry Keegan
- Surgeon Left Behind
- Anthony Lang
- Soldier
- Howard Lang
- Chief - Sheerness Dockyard
- Dan Lester
- Ministry Official
- Ian MacNaughton
- Sergeant
- Mary Maxfield
- WRNS Secretary
- Pat Meehan
- British Soldier
- Kenneth Midwood
- Naval Officer
- John Miller
- Small Boat Owner
- Cecil Paul
- Ministry Official
- Howard Pays
- Naval Officer
- John Phillips
- Boat Owner Spokesman
- Frederick Piper
- Small Boat Owner
- Charles Price
- Crewman
- Philip Ray
- Small Boat Owner
- Charles Rayford
- British Soldier
- Sheila Raynor
- Housewife
- Ernie Rice
- British Soldier
- John Salew
- Man in the Street
- John Serret
- Ministry Official
- Harold Siddons
- Doctor
- William Squire
- Captain
- Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
- Sergeant in Cookhouse
- Tim Turner
- Officer (line of men in sea)
- Jim Tyson
- Small Boat Owner
- Joe Wadham
- Soldier
- John Stephen Walker
- Ordinary Seaman
- John Warwick
- Landlord
- Mona Washbourne
- Worker Who Speaks to Holden
- Russell Waters
- Evacuation Officer
- Del Watson
- Soldier
- Peter Williams
- Officer at Ramsey's H.Q.
