Steve McQueen character Captain Hilts
James Garner character Flight Lt. Hendley
Richard Attenborough character Roger Bartlett
James Donald character Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
Charles Bronson character Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
Donald Pleasence character Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
James Coburn character Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
Hannes Messemer character Kommandant von Luger
David McCallum character Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
Gordon Jackson character Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
John Leyton character Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
Angus Lennie character Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"
Nigel Stock character Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"
Robert Graf character Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor character Goff
Hans Reiser character Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer character Stratwitch
William Russell character Sorren
Robert Freitag character Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger character Preissen
George Mikell character Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne character Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond character Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe character Frick
Heinz Weiss character Kramer
Tom Adams character Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty character S.S. Officer Steinach
Arthur Atkinson character British Officer Charlie (uncredited)
