Michael Caine
Squadron Leader Canfield
Michael Caine
Squadron Leader Canfield
Trevor Howard
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Harry Andrews
Senior Civil Servant
Curd Jürgens
Baron von Richter
Ian McShane
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Laurence Olivier
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Christopher Plummer
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Kenneth More
Group Capt. Baker
Nigel Patrick
Group Capt. Hope
Michael Redgrave
Air Vice Marshal Evill
Ralph Richardson
Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
Robert Shaw
Squadron Leader Skipper
Patrick Wymark
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Susannah York
Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Michael Bates
Warrant Officer Warwick
Robert Flemyng
Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
Edward Fox
Pilot Officer Archie
W.G. Foxley
Squadron Leader Evans
Barry Foster
Sqd. Leader Edwards
James Cosmo
Jamie
Jack Gwillim
Senior Air Staff Officer
Wilfried von Aacken
Gen. Osterkamp
Karl-Otto Alberty
General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
Helmut Kircher
Boehm
Paul Neuhaus
Maj. Föhn
Dietrich Frauboes
Field Marshal Milch (Inspector General, Luftwaffe)
Malte Petzel
Col. Beppo Schmidt (Luftwaffe Intelligence)
Peter Hager
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Hein Riess
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Rolf Stiefel
Adolf Hitler
Manfred Reddemann
Maj. Falke
Alexander Allerson
Maj. Brandt
Alf Jungermann
Brandt's Navigator
Jean Wladon
Jean Jacques
David Griffin
Sgt. Pilot Chris
Eric Dodson
RAF Officer
Kate Binchy
Grace
Sarah Lawson
Skipper's Wife
Isla Blair
Mrs. Andy
André Maranne
French NCO
Nikki Van der Zyl
Dubbing (voice)
John Comer
Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Morant
Replacement Pilot - Red Section 'Red 2' (uncredited)
Christopher Morris
Boy (uncredited)
John Savident
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Nick Tate
RAF Pilot (uncredited)
David McKail
Lac Arnold (uncredited)
George Roubicek
Sergeant Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
Paul Angelis
Albert (uncredited)
Guy Hamilton
Director
Derek Dempster
Novel
James Kennaway
Screenplay
Derek Wood
Novel
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
Harry Saltzman
Producer
Ron Goodwin
Original Music Composer
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Bert Bates
Editor
Maude Spector
Casting
Bert Davey
Art Direction
William Hutchinson
Art Direction
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
Gil Parrondo
Art Direction
John Wilson-Apperson
Costume Supervisor
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Claude Hudson
Production Manager
Sydney Streeter
Production Supervisor
Ray Caple
Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Still Photographer
Maurice Carter
Supervising Art Director
Glen Robinson
Special Effects
A. G. Scott
Hairdresser
Derek Cracknell
First Assistant Director
David Bracknell
Second Unit Director
Colin Grimes
Storyboard Artist
Gordon Everett
Sound
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound
Teddy Mason
Sound Editor
Jim Shields
Sound Editor
Alan Quested
Visual Effects
John Jordan
Aerial Camera
Skeets Kelly
Aerial Camera
George Pearman
Electrician
Jimmy Spoard
Grip
Robert Huke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Carl Duering
Casting
John Wilson-Apperson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity
Maurice Binder
Main Title Designer
Agustín Pastor
Production Manager
Bernard Williams
Production Manager
Wilfred Greatorex
Screenplay
David James
Still Photographer