- Author:
- Nevil Shute
- Adapted By:
- Kenneth Langmaid
- Producer:
- Archie Campbell
- First club member:
- Wilfred Babbage
- Second club member:
- John Dearth
- John Howard, an elderly widower:
- Felix Aylmer
- Mrs Cavanagh:
- Anna Burden
- Mr Cavanagh:
- Allan McClelland
- Ronnie:
- Dorio Perez
- Sheila:
- Caroline Lederer
- Receptionist/Mme Rougeron:
- Hana Pravda
- Rose:
- Cecile Chevreau
- Pierre:
- Jean-Renaud Lescene
- French bus driver:
- Guy Du Monceau
- La Petite Rose:
- Francoise Gamby
- RAF driver:
- Ian Thompson
- RAF corporal:
- Douglas Hankin
- Nicole Rougeron:
- Yvonne Coulette
- Stationmaster:
- Andre Maranne
- Major Diessen:
- John G Heller
- WVS officer:
- Hilda Schroder
- Mrs Dyson:
- Noel Hood
- German Kuard:
- Harold Kasket