Onder andere met: Laurence Olivier (Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding), Trevor Howard (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park), Patrick Wymark (Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory), Christopher Plummer . Susannah York (Colin Harvey)(Maggie Harvey), Michael Caine (Squadron Leader Canfield), Robert Shaw ("Skipper"), Ian McShane (Sergeant Pilot Andy), Kenneth More (Group Captain Barker), Edward Fox (Pilot Officer Archie), Curt Jürgens (Baron von Richter), Hein Riess (Hermann Göring), Manfred Reddemann (Major Falke), Karl-Otto Alberty (Gen. Jeschonnek), Rolf Stiefel (Adolf Hitler)