Michael Crawford
Goodbody
John Lennon
Gripweed
Roy Kinnear
Clapper
Lee Montague
Transom
Jack MacGowran
Juniper
Michael Hordern
Grapple
Jack Hedley
Melancholy Musketeer
Ronald Lacey
Spool
James Cossins
Drogue
Ewan Hooper
Dooley
Karl Michael Vogler
Odlebog
Alexander Knox
American General
Robert Hardy
British General
Sheila Hancock
Mrs. Clapper's Friend
Mick Dillon
1st Replacement
Kenneth Colley
2nd Replacement
Charles Dyer
Happy Trousered Man
Dandy Nichols
1st Old Lady
Gretchen Franklin
2nd Old Lady
Richard Pearson
Old Man at Alamein
Norman Chappell
Henry Bridgehouse, soldier at Alamein
Jack May
Toby
Bryan Pringle
Reporter
Peter Graves
Staff Officer
Paul Daneman
Skipper
Bill Dysart
Paratrooper
Pauline Taylor
Woman in Desert
John Ronane
Operator
Fanny Carby
Mrs Clapper
John Junkin
Large Child
John Trenaman
Driver
Norman Mitchell
Butcher
Richard Lester
Director
Dinah Greet
Costume Designer
Eddie Fowlie
Special Effects
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Les Hammond
Sound Mixer
John Stoll
Art Direction
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Ken Thorne
Original Music Composer
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
Hubert Fröhlich
Unit Manager
Don Challis
Sound Editor
Ken Thorne
Conductor
Philip Harrison
Art Direction
Alan Pattillo
Sound Editor
James Liggat
Casting
Charles Wood
Screenplay
David Watkin
Director of Photography
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Patrick Ryan
Novel
Denis O'Dell
Associate Producer
Richard Lester
Producer