Cast (54)

Bourvil

Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

Sophie Desmarets

Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

Peter McEnery

Jeff, the downed British airman

Sara Franchetti

Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

Jean Poiret

Armand, resistance leader and double agent

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

Pino Caruso

Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

Terry-Thomas

Commander Perry of British HQ

Roland Lesaffre

Fake resistance fighter full of tics

Jacques Balutin

Resistant gendarme

Robert Le Béal

Officer of the British HQ

Jacques Préboist

Ernest

Jess Hahn

British colonel

Guy Delorme

German sailor

Jackie Sardou

Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter

Frank Williams

Clergyman

Jean-Pierre Zola

Colonel Muller

Georges Staquet

Hippolyte, leader of the resistance

John Eppler

Erwin Rommel

Patrick Préjean

Officer of the British HQ

Annabel Leventon

Sybil, British non-commissioned officer

Janine Dill

Passerby

Antoine Baud

Feldgendarme

Guy Delorme

Un marin Allemand

Anthony Stuart

Officer of the British HQ

Pierre Decazes

SS soldier

Roger Lumont

French chef in London

Michel Robin

Shoemaker of shoes for Rommel

Rudy Lenoir

German non-commissioned officer

Jean Rupert

British HQ order

Yvon Lec

Charles

Fernand Guiot

German corporal of 'Totor'

William Mervyn

Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father

Billy Kearns

Training camp commander

Marcel Gassouk

German corporal

Jean Moulart

Gestapo policeman

Gerald Campian

Clergyman

Peter Myers

Colonel in the R.A.F.

Roger Guillo

Prunier, cook in London

Paul Savatier

Prison guard

Roger Mailles

Gendarme

Bernard Saint-Jacques

SS soldier

Gilbert Roimarnier

German non-commissioned officer

René Rall

Gestapo policeman

Roger Trapp

Tramp in prison

Guy Allombert

German officer

Bill Horsley

R.A.F. orderly

Yvon Lec

Gédéon Charlus

Jacques Marbeuf

German non-commissioned officer

Patrick Denaud

German soldier

Rico López

Albert

Norman Mitchell

Bobby

Stephen Yardley

Bobby

Maurice Auzel

British soldier (uncredited)

Crew (40)

Marcel Camus

Director

Marcel Jullian

Writer

Albert Rajau

Production Design

Claude Villand

Sound Mixer

Alain Levent

Director of Photography

Andrée Feix

Editor

Georges de Beauregard

Executive Producer

Michèle Richer

Costume Design

Guy Maugin

Set Decoration

Pierre Guffroy

Production Design

Jacques Carrère

Sound Mixer

Daniel Breton

Stunts

Jean Klissak

Still Photographer

Alain Corneau

Assistant Director

Roger Ferret

Unit Manager

Claude Carliez

Action Director

Roger Bollengier

Property Master

Jacques Drouard

Administration

Bruna Drigo

Assistant Production Manager

Roger Robert

Key Grip

René Daudin

Key Makeup Artist

Michel Berreur

Stunts

Roger Gleize

Camera Operator

Roger Scipion

Production Manager

Rémy Julienne

Stunt Driver

Claude Bolling

Original Music Composer

Alexander De Grunwald

Assistant Production Manager

Guy Odet

Sound Assistant

Pierre Levent

Camera Operator

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Sound Engineer

Jacques Anton

Stunts

Odile Astié

Stunt Double

Armand Marco

Camera Operator

Henri Huguen

Technical Advisor

Patrick Aubrée

Script Supervisor

Arlette Lalande

Assistant Editor

Colonel Rémy

Idea

Marcel Camus

Adaptation

Roger Bollengier

Special Effects Coordinator

Daniel Vérité

Stunts