Gemma Arterton as Catrin Cole

Sam Claflin as Tom Buckley

Bill Nighy as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

Jack Huston as Ellis Cole

Helen McCrory as Sophie Smith

Eddie Marsan as Sammy Smith

Jake Lacy as Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan

Rachael Stirling as Phyl Moore

Henry Goodman as Gabriel Baker

Paul Ritter as Raymond Parfitt

Richard E. Grant as Roger Swain

Nicholas Murchie as Bus Conductor

Amanda Root as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Patrick Gibson as Rex, the Clapper Loader

Darren Clarke as The Gaffer

Ed Birch as Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)

Lissa Evans as Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film)

Richard Bevan as Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)

Gaby Chiappe as Dolly (Carrot Film)

Amanda Fairbank-Hynes as Mabel (Carrot Film)

Francesca Knight as Lily Starling

Bella Ava Georgiou as Pearl (Girl on the Tube)

Alfie Stewart as Soldier on the Tube

Mossie Smith as Female Warden

Jay Simpson as Alf Reynolds

Frances Jeater as Spitfires Collector

Claudia Jessie as Doris Cleavley / Lily

Stephanie Hyam as Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose

Richard Syms as Head Waiter

Natalia Ryumina as Muriel (Ellis's Friend)

Rebecca Saire as Mortuary Nurse

Jeremy Irons as Secretary of War

Miles Richardson as Movietone Newsreader

Gordon Brown as Chick, the 1st AD

Julia Lewis as The Make-Up Artist

Liliana Gane as The Wardrobe Mistress

Hubert Burton as Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)

Michael Marcus as Alex, the Director

Stephen Boswell as War Widows Collector

Feline Allentoft as Wyndham Best's Girlfriend

Ellie Haddington as Catrin's Landlady

Florence Woolley as Corona Cinema Usherette

Joanna Brookes as Woman in Corona

Patrick Osborne as Soldier in Corona

Cathy Murphy as Vee (uncredited)

Emma Cunniffe as Ettie (uncredited)

Clive Russell as Mr. Starling (uncredited)

Letty Butler as First Waitress (uncredited)

Nell Barlow as Second Waitress (uncredited)

Steve Carroll as Boom Operator (uncredited)

Katie Jackson as Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)

Lee Whitlock as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Lily Knight as Rose Starling