- Screenplay and direction:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Based on the book by:
- Paul Brickhill
- Producer:
- Daniel M. Angel
- Douglas Bader:
- Kenneth More
- Thelma Bader:
- Muriel Pavlow
- Johnny Sanderson:
- Lyndon Brook
- Turner:
- Lee Patterson
- Mr. Joyce:
- Alexander Knox
- Nurse Brace:
- Dorothy Alison
- Harry Day:
- Michael Warre
- Robert Desoutter:
- Sydney Tafler
- 'Woody' Woodhall:
- Howard Marion-Crawford
- Peel:
- Jack Watling
- Streatfeild:
- Nigel Green
- Sister Thornhill:
- Anne Leon
- Air Vice-Marshal Leigh Mallory:
- Ronald Adam
- Air Vice-Marshal Halahan:
- Walter Hudd
- Crowley-Milling:
- Basil Appleby
- Police Constable:
- Philip Stainton
- Flight Sergeant Mills:
- Eddie Byrne
- Sally:
- Beverly Brooks
- Warrant Officer West:
- Michael Ripper
- Civilian Pilot:
- Derek Blomfield
- Douglas Bader's mother:
- Avice Landone
- Adjutant of prison camp:
- Eric Pohlmann
- Flying Instructor Pearson:
- Michael Gough
- Bates:
- Harry Locke
- Warrant Officer Blake:
- Sam Kydd
