Full Credits
44 members

John Mills
Cpl Tubby Binns

Richard Attenborough
John Holden

Bernard Lee
Charles Foreman

Robert Urquhart
Mike

Ray Jackson
Barlow

Ronald Hines
Private Miles

Sean Barrett
Frankie

Roland Curram
Harper

Meredith Edwards
Dave Bellman

Michael Bates
Froome
Rodney Diak
Pannet

Michael Shillo
Jouvet

Eddie Byrne
Commander (Tough's Yard)

Maxine Audley
Diana

Lionel Jeffries
Colonel (Medical Officer)

Victor Maddern
Merchant Seaman

Anthony Nicholls
Military Spokesman
Bud Flanagan
Himself
Chesney Allen
Himself

Kenneth Cope
Lieutenant Lumpkin

Denys Graham
Fraser

Barry Foster
Don R
Warwick Ashton
Battery Sergeant Major

Peter Halliday
Battery Major

John Welsh
Staff Colonel

Lloyd Lamble
Staff Colonel

Cyril Raymond
General The Viscount Gort V.C.

Nicholas Hannen
Vice Admiral Ramsay

Patricia Plunkett
Grace

Michael Gwynn
Commander (Sheerness)

Fred Griffiths
Old Sweat
Dan Cressey
Joe

Christopher Rhodes
Sergeant on the beaches

Harry Landis
Dr. Levy

John Horsley
Padre

Patrick Allen
Sergeant on Parade Ground

Liz Fraser
Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)

Michael Brennan
Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)

Bernard Cribbins
Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)

John G. Heller
German Soldier (uncredited)

John Phillips
Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)

William Squire
Captain (uncredited)

Tim Turner
Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
28 members
Leslie Norman
Director
Michael Birkett
Assistant Director
Lee Turner
Continuity
W.P. Lipscomb
Screenplay
Trevor Dudley-Smith
Novel
David Divine
Screenplay
J. S. Bradford
Book
Ewan Butler
Book
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Norman Priggen
Unit Production Manager
Michael Balcon
Producer
Michael Forlong
Associate Producer
Hugh Wilson
Camera Operator
Paul Beeson
Director of Photography
Norman King
Sound Recordist
Stephen Dalby
Sound Supervisor
Lionel Selwyn
Sound Editor
Alastair McIntyre
Sound Editor
Dock Mathieson
Music Director
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ivy Baker
Costume Design
Roy Ashton
Makeup Artist
Gordon Stone
Editor
Ewan Butler
Technical Advisor
John Pidler
Technical Advisor
Fred Hellenburgh
Special Effects