Kenneth More (Douglas Bader)
Muriel Pavlow (Thelma Bader)
Lyndon Brook (Johnny Sanderson)
Lee Patterson (Stan Turner)
Alexander Knox (Mr. Joyce)
Clive Revill
Sydney Tafler (Robert Desoutter)
Harry Locke
Sam Kydd
Philip Stainton
Anton Diffring
Howard Marion-Crawford ("Woody" Woodhall)
Michael Balfour
Jack Watling (Peel)
Nigel Green (Streatfield)
Anne Leon (Sister Thornhill)
Ronald Adam (Air Vice Marshal Leigh-Mallory)
Charles Carson (Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding)
Basil Appleby (Crowley Milling)
Eddie Byrne (Sgt. Mills)
Beverley Brooks (Sally)
Michael Ripper (Warrant Officer)
Derek Blomfield (Civilian Pilot)
Avice Landone (Mrs. Bader)
Eric Pohlmann (Adjutant of Prison Camp)
Michael Gough (Flying Instructor)
Dorothy Alison (Nurse Brace)