- Steve McQueen
- Capt. Hilts 'The Cooler King'
- James Garner
- Flight Lt. Hendley 'The Scrounger'
- Richard Attenborough
- Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett 'Big X'
- Charles Bronson
- Flight Lt. Danny Velinski 'The Tunnel King'
- James Donald
- Group Capt. Ramsey 'The SBO'
- Donald Pleasence
- Flight Lt. Colin Blythe 'The Forger'
- James Coburn
- Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer'
- David McCallum
- Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
- Gordon Jackson
- Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald 'Intelligence'
- John Leyton
- Flight Lt. William Dickes 'The Tunneler'
- Angus Lennie
- Flying Officer Archibald Ives 'The Mole'
- Nigel Stock
- Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
- Jud Taylor
- Goff
- William Russell
- Sorren
- Robert Desmond
- Griffith 'Tailor'
- Tom Adams
- Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
- Lawrence Montaigne
- Haynes ('Diversions')
- Hannes Messemer
- Kommandant von Luger
- Robert Graf
- Werner 'The Ferret'
- Robert Freitag
- Capt. Posen
- Karl Otto Alberty
- S.S. Officer Steinach
- John Sturges
- Director, Producer
- Paul Brickhill
- Writer
- James Clavell
- Producer, Screenwriter
- W. R. Burnett
- Screenwriter
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Cinematographer
- Ferris Webster
- Film Editing
- Elmer Bernstein
- Original Music
- Fernando Carrere
- Art Director
- Kurt Ripberger
- Set Decoration
- Lynn Stalmaster
- Casting
