Phil Silvers as Sergeant Nocker

Kenneth Williams as Commandant Maximilian Burger

Jim Dale as Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West

Charles Hawtrey as Captain Le Pice

Joan Sims as Zig-Zig

Angela Douglas as Lady Jane Ponsonby

Peter Butterworth as Simpson

Bernard Bresslaw as Sheikh Abdul Abulbul

Anita Harris as Corktip

John Bluthal as Corporal Clotski

William Mervyn as Sir Cyril Ponsonby

Peter Gilmore as Captain Humphrey Bagshaw

Julian Holloway as Ticket Collector

Larry Taylor as Riff

William Hurndell as Raff

Vincent Ball as Ship's Officer

Julian Orchard as Doctor

David Glover as Hotel Manager

Gina Warwick as Uncredited