| Name |
Character |
| Steve McQueen |
Captain Virgil Hilts 'The Cooler King' |
| James Garner |
Flight Lieutenant Bob Anthony Hendley 'The Scrounger' |
| Richard Attenborough |
Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett 'Big X' |
| James Donald |
Group Captain Rupert Ramsey 'The SBO' |
| Charles Bronson |
Flight Lieutenant Danny Willinski 'The Tunnel King' |
| Donald Pleasence |
Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe 'The Forger' |
| James Coburn |
Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer' |
| Hannes Messemer |
Colonel Von Luger 'The Kommandant' |
| David McCallum |
Lieutenant-Commander Eric Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' |
| Gordon Jackson |
Flight Lieutenant Andy MacDonald 'Intelligence' |
| John Leyton |
Flight Lieutenant William Dickes 'The Tunneller' |
| Angus Lennie |
Flying Officer Archibald Ives 'The Mole' |
| Nigel Stock |
Flight Lieutenant Denys Cavendish 'The Surveyor' |
| Robert Graf |
Werner 'The Ferret' |