Peter O'Toole as Sir Robert Thorndyke

John Standing as Major Quive-Smith

Alastair Sim as The Earl

Harold Pinter as Saul Abrahams

Michael Byrne as Interrogator

Mark McManus as Vaner

Ray Smith as Fisherman

Hugh Manning as Peale

Robert Lang as Jessel

Cyd Hayman as Rebecca

Ian East as Muller

Maureen Lipman as Freda

Ray Mort as Gerald

Philip Jackson as 1st Seaman

Nicholas Ball as 2nd Seaman

Michael Sheard as Adolf Hitler

Henry Woolf as Ticket Office Clerk

Ron Pember as Ticket Collector

Richardson Morgan as Ticket Collector

Dennis Chinnery as Tube Passenger

Pat Gorman as Gestapo

John Ringham as German Policeman

Declan Mulholland as Cook

Denys Hawthorne as Assassin

Shirley Dynevor as Eva Braun

Ivor Roberts as Mr Drake

Jean Rimmer as Postmistress

Julia Chambers as Daughter

George Selway as Captain

Trevor Ray as Golf Clubber

David Webb as Pork Pie