Dünkirchen

John Mills

Cpl Tubby Binns

Richard Attenborough

John Holden

Bernard Lee

Charles Foreman

Robert Urquhart

Mike

Ray Jackson

Barlow

Ronald Hines

Private Miles

Sean Barrett

Frankie

Roland Curram

Harper

Meredith Edwards

Dave Bellman

Michael Bates

Froome

Rodney Diak

Pannet

Michael Shillo

Jouvet

Eddie Byrne

Commander (Tough's Yard)

Maxine Audley

Diana

Lionel Jeffries

Colonel (Medical Officer)

Victor Maddern

Merchant Seaman

Anthony Nicholls

Military Spokesman

Bud Flanagan

Himself

Chesney Allen

Himself

Kenneth Cope

Lieutenant Lumpkin

Denys Graham

Fraser

Barry Foster

Don R

Warwick Ashton

Battery Sergeant Major

Peter Halliday

Battery Major

John Welsh

Staff Colonel

Lloyd Lamble

Staff Colonel

Cyril Raymond

General The Viscount Gort V.C.

Nicholas Hannen

Vice Admiral Ramsay

Patricia Plunkett

Grace

Michael Gwynn

Commander (Sheerness)

Fred Griffiths

Old Sweat

Dan Cressey

Joe

Christopher Rhodes

Sergeant on the beaches

Harry Landis

Dr. Levy

John Horsley

Padre

Patrick Allen

Sergeant on Parade Ground

Liz Fraser

Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)

Michael Brennan

Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)

Bernard Cribbins

Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)

John G. Heller

German Soldier (uncredited)

John Phillips

Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)

William Squire

Captain (uncredited)

Tim Turner

Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)

W.P. Lipscomb

Screenplay

Leslie Norman

Director

Trevor Dudley-Smith

Novel

David Divine

Screenplay

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Michael Birkett

Assistant Director

Norman Priggen

Unit Production Manager

Lee Turner

Continuity

Norman King

Sound Recordist

Ewan Butler

Technical Advisor

J. S. Bradford

Book

Ewan Butler

Book

Ivy Baker

Wardrobe Supervisor

John Pidler

Technical Advisor

Stephen Dalby

Sound Supervisor

Lionel Selwyn

Sound Editor

Ivy Baker

Costume Design

Hugh Wilson

Camera Operator

Alastair McIntyre

Sound Editor

Paul Beeson

Director of Photography

Dock Mathieson

Music Director

Michael Balcon

Producer

Roy Ashton

Makeup Artist

Fred Hellenburgh

Special Effects

Michael Forlong

Associate Producer

Gordon Stone

Editor

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer