Filmmakers
Above the lineLN
Director
Leslie Norman
DD
Screenplay
David Divine
WL
Screenplay
W.P. Lipscomb
PB
Cinematography
Paul Beeson
Director of Photography
GS
Editing
Gordon Stone
Editor
MA
Music
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
IB
Costume Design
Ivy Baker
Cast
44JM
John Mills
Cpl Tubby Binns
RA
Richard Attenborough
John Holden
BL
Bernard Lee
Charles Foreman
RU
Robert Urquhart
Mike
RJ
Ray Jackson
Barlow
RH
Ronald Hines
Private Miles
SB
Sean Barrett
Frankie
RC
Roland Curram
Harper
ME
Meredith Edwards
Dave Bellman
MB
Michael Bates
Froome
RD
Rodney Diak
Pannet
MS
Michael Shillo
Jouvet
EB
Eddie Byrne
Commander (Tough's Yard)
MA
Maxine Audley
Diana
LJ
Lionel Jeffries
Colonel (Medical Officer)
VM
Victor Maddern
Merchant Seaman
AN
Anthony Nicholls
Military Spokesman
BF
Bud Flanagan
Himself
CA
Chesney Allen
Himself
KC
Kenneth Cope
Lieutenant Lumpkin
DG
Denys Graham
Fraser
BF
Barry Foster
Don R
WA
Warwick Ashton
Battery Sergeant Major
PH
Peter Halliday
Battery Major
JW
John Welsh
Staff Colonel
LL
Lloyd Lamble
Staff Colonel
CR
Cyril Raymond
General The Viscount Gort V.C.
NH
Nicholas Hannen
Vice Admiral Ramsay
PP
Patricia Plunkett
Grace
MG
Michael Gwynn
Commander (Sheerness)
FG
Fred Griffiths
Old Sweat
DC
Dan Cressey
Joe
CR
Christopher Rhodes
Sergeant on the beaches
HL
Harry Landis
Dr. Levy
JH
John Horsley
Padre
PA
Patrick Allen
Sergeant on Parade Ground
LF
Liz Fraser
Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)
MB
Michael Brennan
Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)
BC
Bernard Cribbins
Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)
JH
John G. Heller
German Soldier (uncredited)
JP
John Phillips
Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)
WS
William Squire
Captain (uncredited)
TT
Tim Turner
Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)
HL
Howard Lang
Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
Departments
21Production
- Michael ForlongAssociate Producer
- Michael BalconProducer
- Hal MasonProduction Supervisor
- Norman PriggenUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Hugh WilsonCamera Operator
Sound
- Dock MathiesonMusic Director
- Alastair McIntyreSound Editor
- Lionel SelwynSound Editor
- Norman KingSound Recordist
- Stephen DalbySound Supervisor
Art
- Jim MorahanArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Roy AshtonMakeup Artist
- Ivy BakerWardrobe Supervisor
Crew
- Fred HellenburghSpecial Effects
- Ewan ButlerTechnical Advisor
- John PidlerTechnical Advisor
Writing
- Ewan ButlerBook
- J. S. BradfordBook
- Trevor Dudley-SmithNovel
Directing
- Michael BirkettAssistant Director
- Lee TurnerContinuity