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