cast
- Dirk Bogarde
- Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
- James Caan
- Sgt. Eddie Dohun
- Michael Caine
- Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur
- Sean Connery
- Maj. Gen. Robert Urquhart
- Edward Fox
- Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
- Elliott Gould
- Col. Bobby Stout
- Gene Hackman
- Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
- Anthony Hopkins
- Lt. Col. John Frost
- Hardy Kruger
- Gen. Ludwig
- Laurence Olivier
- Dr. Spaander
- Ryan O'Neal
- Brig. Gen. James Gavin
- Robert Redford
- Maj. Julian Cook
- Maximilian Schell
- Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
- Liv Ullmann
- Kate Ter Horst
- Arthur Hill
- Tough Colonel
- Wolfgang Preiss
- Field Marshal von Rundstedt
- Siem Vroom
- Underground Leader
- Mary Smithuysen
- Old Dutch Woman
- Nicholas Campbell
- Capt. Glass
- Christopher Good
- Maj. Carlyle
- Keith Drinkel
- Lt. Cornish
- Peter Faber
- Capt. Harry Bestebreurtje
- John Judd
- Sergeant Clegg
- David English
- Private Andrews
- John Hackett
- Glider Pilot
- Alun Armstrong
- Corporal Davies
- Peter Settelen
- Lt. Cole
- Jason White
- Soldier
- Frank Jarvis
- Soldier
- Ben Howard
- Sergeant Towns
- Gerald Sim
- Colonel Sims
- John Morton
- US Padre
- Walter Kohut
- Field Marshall Model
- Peter Gordon
- US Sergeant
- Richard Kane
- Colonel Weaver
- Paul Copley
- Private Wicks
- Harry Ditson
- US Private
- Jon Croft
- Soldier
- Toby Salaman
- Private Stephenson
- Jeremy Kemp
- RAF Meteorological Officer
- Niall Padden
- British Medical Officer
- Barry McCarthy
- Privare Clark
- John Ratzenberger
- US Lieutenant
- James Snell
- Soldier
- Stanley Lebor
- Regimental Sergeant Major
- Anthony Milner
- Private Dodds
- Stephen Churchett
- Soldier
- Sean Mathias
- Irish Guards Lieutenant
- John Salthouse
- Private 'Ginger' Marsh
- Neil Kennedy
- Colonel Barker
- Hilary Minster
- British Medical Officer
- Hartmut Becker
- German Sentry
- George Innes
- Sergeant Macdonald
- Shaun Curry
- Corporal Robbins
- Denholm Elliott
- Met Officer
- Simon Chandler
- Private Simmonds
- Patrick Dickson
- Soldier
- Donald Pickering
- Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie
- Colin Farrell
- Corporal Hancock
- Edward McDermott
- Soldier
- Paul Maxwell
- Major General Maxwell Taylor
- Lex Van Delden
- Sergeant Matthias
- Michael Wolf
- Field Marshall Model's Aide
- Michael Byrne
- Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur
- Erik Chitty
- Organist
- Donald Douglas
- Brigadier Lathbury
- Fred Williams
- Captain Grabner
- Frank Grimes
- Major Fuller
- Jack McKenzie
- Soldier
- David Stockton
- Soldier
- Stephen Moore
- Major Steele
- Garick Hagon
- Lieutenant Rafferty
- David Auker
- 'Taffy' Brace
- Chris Williams
- Corporal Merrick
- Michael Graham Cox
- Captain Cleminson
- Hans von Borsody
- General Blumentritt
- Ian Liston
- Sergeant Witney
- Patrick Ryecart
- German Lieutenant
- John Stride
- Grenadier Guards Major
- Brian Hawksley
- Vicar
- Jack Galloway
- Private Vincent
- Ben Cross
- Trooper Binns
- Milton Cadman
- Private Long
- Ray Jewers
- US Radio Operator
crew
- Richard Attenborough
- Director
- Joseph E. Levine
- Producer
- Richard P. Levine
- Producer
- Cornelius Ryan
- Book Author
- William Goldman
- Screenwriter
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Cinematographer
- Harry Waxman
- Cinematographer
- John Addison
- Composer (Music Score)
- Antony Gibbs
- Editor
- Terence Marsh
- Production Designer
- Alan Tomkins
- Art Director
- Roy Stannard
- Art Director
- Stuart Craig
- Art Director
- Michael Stanley-Evans
- Co-producer
- John Palmer
- Associate Producer
- Peter Howitt
- Set Designer
- Anthony Mendleson
- Costume Designer
- Simon Kaye
- Sound/Sound Designer
- John Richardson
- Special Effects
- David Tomblin
- First Assistant Director
- Roy Button
- First Assistant Director
- Steve Lanning
- First Assistant Director
- Peter MacDonald
- Camera Operator
- Miriam Brickman
- Casting
- Terence A. Clegg
- Production Manager
- Alf Joint
- Stunts Coordinator
- Tom Smith
- Makeup
