Richard Burton as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas as General

Torin Thatcher as Col. Barney White

Chips Rafferty as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Charles Tingwell as Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles Davis as Pete

Ben Wright as Mick

Patrick Aherne as English Officer (uncredited)

John Alderson as Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Baker as British Officer (uncredited)

John Blackburn as Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Boon as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn as German Gunner (uncredited)

Arthur Brunner as German Radio Man (uncredited)

Paul Busch as German Orderly (uncredited)

Paul Cavanagh as Colonel (uncredited)

Frank Chase as Commando (uncredited)

Tony Christian as German Sentry (uncredited)

Nicolas Coster as Medic (uncredited)

Noel Drayton as Captain (uncredited)

Harold Dyrenforth as Observer (uncredited)

Charles B. Fitzsimons as Fire Officer (uncredited)

John Fraser as Artillery Man (uncredited)

Arno Frey as Kramm (uncredited)

Ray Harden as Hugh (uncredited)

Charles Keane as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)

Lester Matthews as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Gavin Muir as Captain (uncredited)

James O'Hara as Communications Man (uncredited)

John O'Malley as Riley (uncredited)

Patrick O'Moore as Jim (uncredited)

Peter Ortiz as Wireman (uncredited)

Michael Pate as Capt. Currie (uncredited)

Richard Peel as Rusty (uncredited)

Guy Prescott as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)

Jack Raine as C.I.C. (uncredited)

Otto Reichow as Gunner (uncredited)

Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jerry Riggio as Commando (uncredited)

Per Skavlan as German Guard (uncredited)

Frederick Stevens as German Major (uncredited)

Gilchrist Stuart as Captain (uncredited)

Albert Taylor as Jensen (uncredited)

John Wengraf as German Doctor (uncredited)

Alfred Zeisler as von Helmholtz (uncredited)

Ashley Cowan as