

20/03/1958
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

John Mills
as Cpl Tubby Binns

Richard Attenborough
as John Holden

Bernard Lee
as Charles Foreman

Robert Urquhart
as Mike

Ray Jackson
as Barlow

Ronald Hines
as Private Miles

Sean Barrett
as Frankie

Roland Curram
as Harper

Meredith Edwards
as Dave Bellman

Michael Bates
as Froome

Rodney Diak
as Pannet

Michael Shillo
as Jouvet

Eddie Byrne
as Commander (Tough's Yard)

Maxine Audley
as Diana

Lionel Jeffries
as Colonel (Medical Officer)

Victor Maddern
as Merchant Seaman

Anthony Nicholls
as Military Spokesman

Bud Flanagan
as Himself

Chesney Allen
as Himself

Kenneth Cope
as Lieutenant Lumpkin

Denys Graham
as Fraser

Barry Foster
as Don R

Warwick Ashton
as Battery Sergeant Major

Peter Halliday
as Battery Major

John Welsh
as Staff Colonel

Lloyd Lamble
as Staff Colonel

Cyril Raymond
as General The Viscount Gort V.C.

Nicholas Hannen
as Vice Admiral Ramsay

Patricia Plunkett
as Grace

Michael Gwynn
as Commander (Sheerness)

Fred Griffiths
as Old Sweat

Dan Cressey
as Joe

Christopher Rhodes
as Sergeant on the beaches

Harry Landis
as Dr. Levy

John Horsley
as Padre

Patrick Allen
as Sergeant on Parade Ground

Liz Fraser
as Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)

Michael Brennan
as Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)

Bernard Cribbins
as Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)

John G. Heller
as German Soldier (uncredited)

John Phillips
as Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)

William Squire
as Captain (uncredited)

Tim Turner
as Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)

Howard Lang
as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
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