Stanley Baker
Lt. John Chard R.E.
Jack Hawkins
Rev. Otto Witt
Ulla Jacobsson
Margareta Witt
James Booth
Pte. Henry Hook
Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield
Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds
Richard Burton
Narration spoken (voice)
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Cetewayo
Dennis Folbigge
Commissary Dalton
Gert Van den Bergh
Adendorff
Joe Powell
Sergeant Windridge
Dickie Owen
Corporal Schiess
Dafydd Havard
Gunner Howarth
Denys Graham
Private 716 Jones
Richard Davies
Private 593 Jones
Tom Gerrard
Lance / Corporal
Peter Gill
Private 612 Williams
Ivor Emmanuel
Private Owen