- Author:
- Terence Rattigan
- Adapted by:
- William Emms
- Film Cameraman:
- A.A. Englander
- Lighting:
- Robert Wright
- Script Editor:
- Rosemary Hill
- Designer:
- Tony Abbott
- Producer:
- Gerald Savory
- Director:
- Cedric Messina
- Flt Sgt Thompson:
- Michael Robbins
- Flt Lieut Stoker:
- Edward Fox
- Ross:
- Ian McKellen
- A/C Dickinson:
- Martin Jarvis
- A/C Evans:
- Anthony Hall
- A/C Parsons:
- Brian Rawlinson
- The Lecturer:
- John Sterland
- Field-Marshal Allenby:
- Charles Gray
- Ronald Storrs:
- Michael Bates
- Brig Gen Barrington:
- John Westbrook
- Auda Abu Tayi:
- Barrie Ingham
- Turkish General:
- John Bennett
- Hamed:
- David Spenser
- Rashid:
- Kim Fortune
- Mahmoud:
- Saad Rkaina
- Turkish Captain:
- Oliver Cotton
- British Corporal:
- Hugh Walters
- British Major:
- Simon Lack
- ADC:
- Robert Luckham
- Turkish Sergeant:
- Vic Pemberton
- Lieut Higgins:
- David Griffin
- Group Capt Wood:
- Richard Hampton