- Michael Caine
- Col. Kurt Steiner
- Donald Sutherland
- Liam Devlin
- Robert Duvall
- Colonel Radl
- Jenny Agutter
- Molly Prior
- Donald Pleasence
- Heinrich Himmler
- Anthony Quayle
- Adm. Wilhelm Canaris
- Jean Marsh
- Joanna Grey
- Sven-Bertil Taube
- Capt. Hans von Neustadt
- John Standing
- Father Verecker
- Judy Geeson
- Pamela Verecker
- Treat Williams
- Capt. Harry Clark
- Larry Hagman
- Col. Clarence E. Pitts
- Alexei Jawdokimov
- Corporal Kuniski
- Richard Wren
- Hans Altmann
- Michael Byrne
- Karl Hofer
- Joachim Hansen
- SS-Obergruppenführer
- Denis Lill
- Churchill's aide
- Rick Parsé
- E-Boat Commander
- Léonie Thelen
- Branna
- Keith Buckley
- Hauptmann Gericke
- Terence Plummer
- Arthur Seymour
- Tim Barlow
- George Wilde (Publican)
- John Barrett
- Laker Armsby
- Kate Binchy
- Mrs. Wilde
- Maurice Roëves
- Maj. Corcoran
- David Gilliam
- Sgt. Murphy
- Jeff Conaway
- Frazier
- Asa Teeter
- Major Neuer's Driver
- Rob Reece
- Corporal Becker
- Jack McCulloch
- Major Neuer
- Siegfried Rauch
- Sgt. Brandt
- Patrick Allen
- Narrator
- Leigh Dilley
- Winston Churchill / George Fowler (uncredited)
- Harry Fielder
- Motorbike Outrider
- Paul Finemore
- Dead Diver
- Anthony Forrest
- Sgt. Hayley
- Patrick Ginter
- Pubgoer
- Walter Henry
- Constable
- Adolf Hitler
- Self - Greets Mussolini After Rescue
- Wolf Kahler
- Hauptsturmführer Fleischer
- George Leech
- Traumer
- Roy Marsden
- Sturmbannführer Toberg, SS
- Ferdy Mayne
- Radl's Doctor
- Peter Miles
- Adolf Hitler
- Benito Mussolini
- Self - Rescued by Skorzeny
- Otto Skorzeny
- Self - Rescues Mussolini, Wears Binoculars
- Malcolm Tierney
- German Officer
- Joachim von Ribbentrop
- Self - Greets Mussolini and Hitler, Wears White Lapels
- Kent Williams
- Mallory
