Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Bourvil

   Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

2. 

   Sophie Desmarets

   Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

3. 

   Peter McEnery

   Jeff, the downed British airman

4. 

   Sara Franchetti

   Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

5. 

   Jean Poiret

   Armand, resistance leader and double agent

6. 

   Reinhard Kolldehoff

   Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

7. 

   Pino Caruso

   Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

8. 

   Terry-Thomas

   Commander Perry of British HQ

9. 

   Roland Lesaffre

   Fake resistance fighter full of tics

10. 

    Jacques Balutin

    Resistant gendarme

11. 

    Robert Le Béal

    Officer of the British HQ

12. 

    Jacques Préboist

    Ernest

13. 

    Jess Hahn

    British colonel

14. 

    Guy Delorme

    German sailor

15. 

    Jackie Sardou

    Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter

16. 

    Frank Williams

    Clergyman

17. 

    Jean-Pierre Zola

    Colonel Muller

18. 

    Georges Staquet

    Hippolyte, leader of the resistance

19. 

    John Eppler

    Erwin Rommel

20. 

    Patrick Préjean

    Officer of the British HQ

21. 

    Annabel Leventon

    Sybil, British non-commissioned officer

22. 

    Janine Dill

    Passerby

23. 

    Antoine Baud

    Feldgendarme

24. 

    Anthony Stuart

    Officer of the British HQ

25. 

    Pierre Decazes

    SS soldier

26. 

    Roger Lumont

    French chef in London

27. 

    Michel Robin

    Shoemaker of shoes for Rommel

28. 

    Rudy Lenoir

    German non-commissioned officer

29. 

    Jean Rupert

    British HQ order

30. 

    Fernand Guiot

    German corporal of 'Totor'

31. 

    William Mervyn

    Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father

32. 

    Billy Kearns

    Training camp commander

33. 

    Marcel Gassouk

    German corporal

34. 

    Jean Moulard

    Gestapo policeman

35. 

    Gerald Campion

    Clergyman

36. 

    Peter Myers

    Colonel in the R.A.F.

37. 

    Roger Guillo

    Prunier, cook in London

38. 

    Paul Savatier

    Prison guard

39. 

    Roger Mailles

    Gendarme

40. 

    Bernard Saint-Jacques

    SS soldier

41. 

    Gilbert Roimarmier

    German non-commissioned officer

42. 

    René Rall

    Gestapo policeman

43. 

    Roger Trapp

    Tramp in prison

44. 

    Guy Allombert

    German officer

45. 

    Bill Horsley

    R.A.F. orderly

46. 

    Yvon Lec

    Gédéon Charlus

47. 

    Jacques Marbeuf

    German non-commissioned officer

48. 

    Patrick Denaud

    German soldier

49. 

    Rico López

    Albert

50. 

    Norman Mitchell

    Bobby

51. 

    Stephen Yardley

    Bobby

52. 

    Maurice Auzel

    British soldier (uncredited)