Cast & Crew

Directed by

Basil Dearden

Writing Credits

Angus MacPhail
(screenplay) &
Guy Morgan
(screenplay)
Patrick Kirwan
(original story)

Cast

Michael Redgrave
Capt. Karel Hasek
Rachel Kempson
Celia Mitchell
Frederick Leister
Mr. Mowbray
Mervyn Johns
Pte. Evans
Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Evans
Jack Warner
Cpl. Horsfall
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Horsfall
James Harcourt
Doctor
Gordon Jackson
Lieut. Lennox
Elliott Mason
Mrs. Lennox
Margot Fitzsimons
Elspeth McDougall
David Keir
Mr. McDougall
Derek Bond
Lieut. Harley
Jane Barrett
Caroline Harley
Meriel Forbes
Beryl Curtiss
Robert Wyndham
Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden R.N.V.R.
Basil Radford
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Guy Middleton
Capt. Jim Grayson
Jimmy Hanley
Pte. Mathews
Ralph Michael
Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
Jack Lambert
Padre
Karel Stepanek
Forster
Friedrich Richter
Camp Kommandant
Frederick Schiller
German M.O.
Jill Gibbs
Janet
David Wallbridge
Desmond
Grace Arnold
Official
William Fox
Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek
Suzanne Gibbs
Girl
Sam Kydd
POW in Top Bunk
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
John Owers
Bit Part
Larry Taylor
Sergeant
Torin Thatcher
Repatriation Official

Produced by

Michael Balcon
producer
Michael Relph
associate producer

Music by

Alan Rawsthorne

Cinematography by

Douglas Slocombe
director of photography

Editing by

Charles Hasse

Art Direction by

Michael Relph

Costume Design by

Mark Luker
(dresses)

Production Management

H.E.H. Hand
unit manager
Hal Mason
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Muriel Cole
second assistant director (uncredited)
John Meadows
third assistant director (uncredited)
Billy Russell
first assistant director (uncredited)
Jimmy Sangster
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Jim Morahan
assistant art director
Heather Armitage
draughtsman (uncredited) / draughtsperson (uncredited)
Tony Rimmington
art department (uncredited)
Len Wills
draughtsperson (uncredited)

Sound Department

Len Page
sound recordist
Eric Williams
sound supervisor
Mary Habberfield
dubbing editor (uncredited)
A. Robson
sound camera operator (uncredited)
C.J. Widdows
boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Cliff Richardson
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Lionel Banes
photography: second unit
Jack Parker
camera operator
George Levy
camera assistant (uncredited)
Maurice Selwyn
clapper loader (uncredited)
Gerry Turpin
focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Daphne Heathcote
first assistant editor (uncredited)
Seth Holt
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Ernest Irving
conductor: The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra
musicians: orchestra, score
Ernest Irving
composer: additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Gwen Bartle
continuity (uncredited)
Phyllis Crocker
continuity (uncredited)
All Filters