Cast & Crew

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Writing Credits

R.J. Minney
(based on the book by)
Vernon Harris
(screenplay) and
Lewis Gilbert
(screenplay)
Leo Marks
(poem) (uncredited)

Cast

Virginia McKenna
Violette Szabo
Paul Scofield
Tony Fraser
Jack Warner
Mr. Bushell
Denise Grey
Mrs. Bushell
Alain Saury
Etienne Szabo
Maurice Ronet
Jacques
Anne Leon
Lillian Rolfe
Sydney Tafler
Potter
Avice Landone
Vera Atkins
Nicole Stéphane
Denise Bloch
Noel Willman
Interrogator
Bill Owen
N.C.O. Instructor
Billie Whitelaw
Winnie
William Mervyn
Colonel Buckmaster
Michael Goodliffe
Coding Expert
André Maranne
Garnier - Garage Man
Harold Lang
Commandant Suhren
Chris Adcock
German Soldier
Victor Beaumont
German Colonel
Neville Becker
French Soldier in Hyde Park
Josef Behrmann
Gestapo Officer
Michael Beint
Gestapo Officer
Brenda Bennett
Mother at Birthday Party
Nigel Bernard
Shopper / German Officer (uncredited)
Jim Brady
German Soldier on Train
Joan Brown
Guest in nightclub
Nicholas Bruce
German Major
Michael Caine
Thirsty Prisoner on Train
Anna Cameron
Shopper
Anne Castaldini
Minor Role
Pauline Challoner
Tania Szabo
Jimmy Charters
Prisoner of War
Donald Churchill
Roy Bushell
Jan Conrad
Rouen Checkpoint Guard
Betty Cooper
Miss Shaw
Michael Cosmo
Polish Soldier on Bus
Norma Dale
Minor Role
Guy Deghy
SS Man
Geoffrey Denton
Wing Commander
W. Thorp Deverreux
Paris Boulevardier
Max Faulkner
German Officer on Train
Ernest Fennemore
British Soldier / German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Undetermined Secondary Role
Raymond Francis
S.O.E. Officer Bell
Amanda Godsell
Tania Szabo - Age 2
Liselotte Goettinger
German POW Camp Officer
Gillian Gore
Little French Girl
Alex Graham
Barman
Stewart Guidotti
Boy
Victoria Harrington
Child
Nigel Hawthorne
Polish Soldier in Park
John G. Heller
Gestapo Interrogator
Jack Hetherington
Shopper in Raincoat
Robert Howell
Minor Role
Jemma Hyde
Daughter of Mme. Bruno
Prudence Hyman
Woolworth Supervisor
Jeanette Jacobs
Minor Role
Michael Jacques
Georges
Barry Johns
British Soldier
Patrick Jordan
Parachute Instructor
Miriam Karlin
Jennie Wilson - Bus Conductress
Geoffrey Keen
Narrator
John Kirkup
Bus Driver
Gertan Klauber
German Train Guard
Vivienne Lacey
Minor Role
Anthony Lang
Prisoner of War
Robert Langley
Minor Role
David Lawton
French Soldier in Hyde Park
Tutte Lemkow
Gaston
Linda Leo
Minor Role
Aileen Lewis
Shopper in Woolworths
Enid Lorimer
Madame Renaud
Dickey Luck
SS Officer
Fred Machon
French Resistance Man
Victor Maddern
Sergeant - Parachute Training Instructor
Virginia Maskell
Wren
Louis Matto
Prisoner of War
Mark Mileham
Child
Lola Morice
Shopper
John Moulder-Brown
Child
Tom Naylor
Naval Officer
Hal Osmond
Bus Passenger
Irene Prador
Prisoner
Bernard Rebel
Rouen Hotel Proprietor
Myrtle Reed
Mother at Birthday Party
Joyce Riley
Minor Role
Terry Sartain
Shopper in Sergeant's Uniform
John Serret
French Resistance Worker
Michael Shabam
Bob Mortier
George Spence
Shopper
Mary Steele
Wren Officer
Marianne Stone
Mother at Birthday Party
Julia Sutton
Bushell Family Friend
Jackie Swainson
Perky Blonde
Peter Swanwick
Dr. Trommer
Jack Taylor
British Prisoner
Larry Taylor
German Soldier on Train
Peter Taylor
German Sergeant
Christine Thomas
Minor Role
Howard Vaughn
Minor Role
Sidney Vivian
Bus Passenger
Colin Wall
John Bushell
Marianne Walla
Minor Role
John H. Watson
British Prisoner on Train
Billy Wilmot
Nightclub Doorman
Donovan Winter
British Prisoner
Paula Wright
Resistance Fighter

Produced by

Daniel M. Angel
producer
Hugh Perceval
associate producer
Earl St. John
executive producer

Music by

William Alwyn

Cinematography by

John Wilcox
director of photography

Editing by

John Shirley

Art Direction by

Bernard Robinson

Costume Design by

Phyllis Dalton

Makeup Department

Ivy Emmerton
hairdresser
Bob Lawrance
makeup artist (as Robert Lawrence)

Production Management

Edward Joseph
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Don Sharp
second unit director (as Donald Sharp)
Fred Slark
assistant director (as Frederick Slark)
Richard Goodwin
third assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Klaw
third assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Porter
third assistant director (uncredited)
Eric Rattray
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Dickie Bamber
stand-by props: second unit (uncredited)
Maurice Pelling
set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Arthur Ridout
sound editor
C.C. Stevens
sound recordist
Les Wiggins
sound editor (as Leslie Wiggins)
Gordon K. McCallum
sound mixer (uncredited)
Norman Wanstall
assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Lionel Banes
special effects
Bill Warrington
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Harry Gillam
camera operator
Peter Allwork
focus puller (uncredited)
Mike Fox
clapper loader (uncredited)
Geoff Glover
focus puller (uncredited)
Don Lord
electrician (uncredited)
Charles Trigg
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Elizabeth Haffenden
costume designer: Miss McKenna

Music Department

Muir Mathieson
music director

Script and Continuity Department

Shirley Barnes
continuity

Additional Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller for Pinewood Studios
Major Fernandez
technical adviser (as Major L.P.Fernandez M.C. Croix de Guerre)
Odette Hallowes
technical adviser (as 'Odette' Hallowes G.C. M.B.E. Legion d'honneur)
Mark Dineley
armorer (uncredited)
Leo Marks
technical advisor (uncredited)
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