Malcolm McDowell as Maj. John Gresham

Christopher Plummer as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair

Simon Ward as Lt. Crawford

Peter Firth as Lt. Stephen Croft

David Wood as Lt. 'Tommy' Thompson

John Gielgud as Headmaster

Trevor Howard as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin

Richard Johnson as Major Lyle

Ray Milland as Brigadier General Whale

Gilles Béhat as Captain Beckenauer

Tim Pigott-Smith as Major Stoppard

David Daker as Bennett

Christopher Blake as Lieutenant Roberts

Barry Jackson as Joyce

Ron Pember as Eliot

Jacques Maury as Ponnelle

Pascale Christophe as Croft's French Girlfriend

Judy Buxton as French Girl

Penny Irving as French Girl

Tricia Newby as French Girl

Evelyn Cordeau as French Girl

Jeanne Patou as French Singer

John Serret as French Colonel

Gerard Paquis as French Officer

Jean Driant as Corporal - Dressing Station

Elliott Cooper as Wade

Roland Viner as Officer

Steven Pacey as Officer

Kim Lotis as Officer

Colin Rix as Sergeant

James Walsh as Gresham's Batman

Jane Anthony as Katherine

Paul Rosebury as Replacement

Paul Henley as Replacement

David Arnold as Replacement

James Cormack as School Captain