cast
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Stanley Baker
Lt. John Chard R.E.
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Jack Hawkins
Rev. Otto Witt
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Ulla Jacobsson
Margareta Witt
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James Booth
Pte. Henry Hook
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Michael Caine
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
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Nigel Green
Colour Sgt. Frank Bourne
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Paul Daneman
Sgt. Maxfield
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Patrick Magee
Surgeon Reynolds
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Glynn Edwards
Cpl. Allen
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Neil McCarthy
Pvt. Thomas
- David Kernan Pvt. Hitch
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Gary Bond
Pvt. Cole
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Richard Burton
Narration spoken (voice)
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi Cetewayo
- Kerry Jordan Company cook
- Dennis Folbigge Commissary Dalton
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Gert Van den Bergh
Adendorff
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Harvey Hall
Stickman
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John Sullivan
Stephenson
- Joe Powell Sergeant Windridge
- Larry Taylor Hughes
- Dickie Owen Corporal Schiess
- Dafydd Havard Gunner Howarth
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Denys Graham
Private 716 Jones
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Richard Davies
Private 593 Jones
- Tom Gerrard Lance / Corporal
- Peter Gill Private 612 Williams
- Ivor Emmanuel Private Owen
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Simon Sabela
Dance Leader