| Dirk Bogarde | Lieutenant General Frederick Browning [L] | |
| James Caan | Staff Sergeant Eddie Dohun [L] | |
| Michael Caine | Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur [L] | |
| Sean Connery | Major General Robert Urquhart [L] | |
| Edward Fox | Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks [L] | |
| Elliott Gould | Colonel Robert Stout [L] | |
| Gene Hackman | Major General Stanisław Sosabowski [SR] | |
| Anthony Hopkins | Lieutenant Colonel John Frost [SR] | |
| Hardy Krüger | SS-Gruppenführer Ludwig [SR] | |
| Laurence Olivier | Dr. Jan Spaander [SR] | |
| Robert Redford | Major Julian Cook [SR] | |
| Maximilian Schell | SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich [SR] | |
| Liv Ullmann | Kate Ter Horst [SR] | |
| Hartmut Becker | German Sentry [SR] | |
| Walter Kohut | Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model [SR] | |
| Wolfgang Preiss | Gerd von Rundstedt [SR] | |
| Hans von Borsody | Günther Blumentritt [SR] | |
