Hywel Bennett as Brigg

Lynn Redgrave as Phillipa Raskin

Nigel Davenport as Sgt Driscoll

Jack Shepherd as Sgt Wellbeloved

Nigel Patrick as RSM Raskin

Rachel Kempson as Mrs Raskin

Michael Gwynn as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

Tsai Chin as Juicy Lucy

Christopher Timothy as Cpl Brook

Don Hawkins as Tasker

Geoffrey Hughes as Lantry

Roy Holder as Fenwick

Wayne Sleep as Villiers

Gregory Phillips as Foster

Riggs O'Hara as Sinclair

Peter Kelly as Sandy Jacobs

Mark Nicholl as Cutler

Alan Shatsman as Longley

Jonty Miller as Forsyth

James Cosmo as Waller

Matthew Guinness as Maj Cusper

Robert Bridges as Sergeant Fred Organ

Jolyon Jackley as Lance Cpl. 'Gravy' Browning

Graham Crowden as MO

Dudley Jones as Doctor

Brenda Bruce as Nursing Sister

Roger Lloyd Pack as Bandmaster

Barbara Keogh as WRAC

David Bowie as Soldier

Warren Clarke as Soldier

James Marcus as Soldier

Jeremy Roughton as Soldier

Naranjan Singh as Sikh

Hallelujah as F Yew

Jill Goldston as Youn Female Officer (uncredited)