Kenneth More as Douglas Bader

Muriel Pavlow as Thelma Bader

Lyndon Brook as Johnny Sanderson

Lee Patterson as Turner

Alexander Knox as Mr. Joyce

Dorothy Alison as Nurse Brace

Michael Warre as Harry Day

Sydney Tafler as Robert Desoutter

Howard Marion-Crawford as 'Woody' Woodhall

Jack Watling as Peel

Walter Hudd as Air Vice-Marshal Halahan

Ernest Clark as Wing Commander Beiseigel

Nigel Green as Streatfeild

Anne Leon as Sister Thornhill

Charles Carson as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Ronald Adam as Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory

Basil Appleby as Crowley-Milling

Philip Stainton as Police Constable

Eddie Byrne as Flight Sergeant Mills

Beverley Brooks as Sally

Michael Ripper as Warrant Officer West

Derek Blomfield as Civilian Pilot

Avice Landone as Douglas Bader's Mother

Eric Pohlmann as Adjutant of Prison Camp

Michael Gough as Flying Instructor Pearson

Harry Locke as Bates

Sam Kydd as Warrant Officer Blake

Peter Byrne as Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash

Basil Dignam as Air Ministry Doctor

Anton Diffring as German Stabsfeldwebel

Trevor Bannister as Man Listening to Radio

Patrick Westwood as RAF Corporal

Barry Letts as Tommy