- Alec Guinness
- Flight Lt. Peter Ross
- Jack Hawkins
- Air Commodore Frank
- Anthony Steel
- Wing Commander Bartlett
- Muriel Pavlow
- Maria Gonzar
- Renée Asherson
- Joan Rivers
- Hugh Burden
- Major Eden
- Nigel Stock
- Giuseppe Gonzar aka Ricardi
- Reginald Tate
- Vice Admiral Payne
- Ralph Truman
- Vice Admiral Willie Banks
- Flora Robson
- Melita Gonzar - Maria's Mum
- Manuel Bugeja
- Maltese man riding horse and carriage
- Ronald Adam
- Group Captain - Operations
- Jack Armstrong
- Hudson Passenger
- Derek Aylward
- Naval Cypher Office
- Peter Barkworth
- Cypher Clerk
- Ivor Barnard
- Old Man in Food Queue
- Peter Bull
- Flying Officer
- Stuart Burge
- Paolo Gonzar - Maria's Brother
- Edward Chaffers
- Stripey
- Michael Craig
- British Officer
- Rosalie Crutchley
- Carmella Gonzar - Paolo's Wife
- Maurice Denham
- British Officer
- Jerry Desmonde
- Garrison Commander
- James Drake
- Lieutenant Whitaker
- Aldwyn Francis
- Local Man
- Hilda Green
- Woman in Food Queue
- Thomas Heathcote
- Radar Operator
- Gordon Jackson
- British Soldier at Anti-Aircraft Battery
- Geoffrey Keen
- British Soldier at Anti-Aircraft Battery
- Dermot Kelly
- British Soldier at Airfield
- Sam Kydd
- Soldier at Airfield
- Richard Leven
- Soldier
- Colin Loudan
- O'Connor
- Victor Maddern
- Perce - Grouchy Soldier at Airfield
- Lane Meddick
- Sailor
- Michael Medwin
- Squadron Leader Ramsey
- Richard O'Sullivan
- Ninno Gonzar
- Lee Patterson
- Pilot on Back of Truck
- Jill Raymond
- Operations Room Plotter
- Johnny Rossi
- Bus Passenger
- William Russell
- Officer in Prison
- Marc Sheldon
- Radar Officer
- Harold Siddons
- Flight Lieutenant Matthews
- Anne Smith
- Operations Room Plotter
- Anthony Snell
- Hudson Pilot
- Tony Spears
- RAF Officer
- Stephen Vercoe
- Soldier at Airfield
- Noel Willman
- Lt. Frank Hobley - Navy Pilot
- Donovan Winter
- Hudson Co-Pilot
- Barry Wynne
- Pierce - Luga Airfield Controller
