William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
André Morell
Col. Green
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
John Boxer
Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Ngamta Suphaphongs
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)
John Cox
Sound Designer
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer
Michael Wilson
Screenplay
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Pierre Boulle
Novel
Sam Spiegel
Producer
David Lean
Director
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
Peter Taylor
Editor
Ron Drinkwater
Clapper Loader
Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director
A. B. Raj
Second Unit First Assistant Director