Richard Todd
Role: Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
Bernard Lee
Role: Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
Michael Wilding
Role: Major Charles Marquand
Peter Arne
Role: Capitano Benucci
Richard Attenborough
Role: Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Andrew Faulds
Role: Lt. Comdr. 'Dopey' Gibbon, R.N.
Donald Houston
Role: Capt. Roger Byfold
William Franklyn
Role: Capt. Tony Long
Vincent Ball
Role: Capt. Pat Foster
Peter Jones
Role: Capt. Alfred Piker
Ronnie Stevens
Role: Lt. Meynell, 'The Sewer Rat'
Terence Alexander
Role: Lt. Gibbs
Steve Norbert
Role: Lt. Pierre Dessin
Cyril Shaps
Role: Lt. Cyriakos Coutoules
Eric Lander
Role: Lt. Tim O'Brien
John Dearth
Role: Lt. Robson
Robert Bruce
Role: 'Doc' Simmonds, R.A.M.C.
Harold Siddons
Role: Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall
Ian Whittaker
Role: 2nd. Lt. Betts-Hanger
David Williams
Role: Lt. Parsons
David Graham
Role: Lt. Moxhay
Howard Williams
Role: Lt. Bush
Dino Galvani
Role: Commandante Arletti
John Adams
Role: German Officer (uncredited)
Victor Baring
Role: Lt Paoli (uncredited)
Paul Beradi
Role: Hut Commander (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Role: Hut Commander (uncredited)
Peter Brace
Role: POW (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Role: Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
John Corrie
Role: POW (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
Role: Italian Guard (uncredited)
Richard Duke
Role: POW (uncredited)
Max Faulkner
Role: POW in Hamlet (uncredited)
Otto Friese
Role: POW (uncredited)
Robert Gregory
Role: Hut Commander (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Role: POW (uncredited)
John Leyton
Role: POW (uncredited)
Alf Mangan
Role: Italian Guard (uncredited)
Jim McManus
Role: POW (uncredited)
Pat Meehan
Role: German Officer (uncredited)
Patrick Mynhardt
Role: POW in Hamlet (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
Role: Italian Guard (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Role: POW (uncredited)
Harold Sanderson
Role: POW (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Role: POW (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
Role: POW (uncredited)
Phillip Stewart
Role: POW (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Role: POW (uncredited)
Hedger Wallace
Role: POW in Hamlet (uncredited)
Ron Whitwell
Role: POW (uncredited)