Michael Crawford as Goodbody

John Lennon as Gripweed

Roy Kinnear as Clapper

Lee Montague as Transom

Jack MacGowran as Juniper

Michael Hordern as Grapple

Jack Hedley as Melancholy Musketeer

Ronald Lacey as Spool

James Cossins as Drogue

Ewan Hooper as Dooley

Karl Michael Vogler as Odlebog

Alexander Knox as American General

Robert Hardy as British General

Sheila Hancock as Mrs. Clapper's Friend

Mick Dillon as 1st Replacement

Kenneth Colley as 2nd Replacement

Charles Dyer as Happy Trousered Man

Dandy Nichols as 1st Old Lady

Gretchen Franklin as 2nd Old Lady

Richard Pearson as Old Man at Alamein

Norman Chappell as Henry Bridgehouse, soldier at Alamein

Jack May as Toby

Bryan Pringle as Reporter

Peter Graves as Staff Officer

Paul Daneman as Skipper

Bill Dysart as Paratrooper

Pauline Taylor as Woman in Desert

John Ronane as Operator

Fanny Carby as Mrs Clapper

John Junkin as Large Child

John Trenaman as Driver

Norman Mitchell as Butcher