Kenneth More
Role: Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
Role: WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
Role: Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Laurence Naismith
Role: First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Geoffrey Keen
Role: Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Karl Stepanek
Role: Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael Hordern
Role: Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice Denham
Role: Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
Role: Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
Role: Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack Watling
Role: RNVR Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim
Role: Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Mark Dignam
Role: Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest Clark
Role: Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John Horsley
Role: Captain - 'Sheffield'
Peter Burton
Role: Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
John Stuart
Role: Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd
Role: Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney Tafler
Role: Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean Barrett
Role: Able Seaman Brown
Thomas Waldron Price
Role: Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
Edward R. Murrow
Role: Himself - Edward R. Murrow
John Stride
Role: Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Role: Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Role: Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
David Hemmings
Role: Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
Role: Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Role: Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
John Barron
Role: Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Role: Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Role: Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Role: Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Role: Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Role: Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Role: Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
Role: Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Role: Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Role: Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
Role: Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Role: Bridge Officer (uncredited)
George Pravda
Role: Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Russell Napier
Role: Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Edward Judd
Role: Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
Role: Firing Officer (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Role: Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
Role: Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Role: Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Roy Castle
Role: Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Role: Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Role: Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Donald Churchill
Role: Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
Role: First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Role: Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Role: SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Role: Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Role: Commander - War Room (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
Role: Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Julian Somers
Role: Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Sarne
Role: Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Role: Dexter (uncredited)
John Bailey
Role: Naval Officer (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Role: Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Role: Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Ian Hendry
Role: Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
Role: Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)