Godfrey Tearle

Character: Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie

Eric Portman

Character: Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for Bertie

Hugh Williams

Character: Frank Shelley, Observer / Navigator in B for Bertie

Bernard Miles

Character: Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie

Hugh Burden

Character: John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie

Peter Ustinov

Character: The Priest

Googie Withers

Character: Jo de Vries

Pamela Brown

Character: Els Meertens

Joyce Redman

Character: Jet van Dieren

Robert Beatty

Character: Sgt. Hopkins

Robert Helpmann

Character: De Jong

Emrys Jones

Character: Bob Ashley, Radio Operator in B for Bertie

Hay Petrie

Character: The Burgomaster

Selma Vaz Dias

Character: Burgomeister's Wife

Arnold Marlé

Character: Pieter Sluys

Alec Clunes

Character: The Organist

Hector Abbas

Character: Driver

James B. Carson

Character: Louis

Willem Akkerman

Character: Willem

Joan Akkerman

Character: Maartje

John Salew

Character: German Sentry

David Ward

Character: 1st German Airman

Roland Culver

Character: Naval Officer

Michael Powell

Character: Despatching Officer

Stewart Rome

Character: Cmndr. Reynold

James Donald

Character: (uncredited)

Gordon Jackson

Character: (uncredited)

John Longden

Character: Ground Officer (uncredited)