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A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. Cast: Corporal 'Tubby' Binns: John Mills John Holden: Richard Attenborough Charles Foreman: Bernard Lee Private Mike Russell: Robert Urquhart Private Barlow: Ray Jackson Private Miles: Ronald Hines Frankie: Sean Barrett Private Harper: Roland Curram Private Dave Bellman: Meredith Edwards Airman Froome: Michael Bates Pannet: Rodney Diak Jouvet: Michael Shillo Commander - Tough's Yard: Eddie Byrne Diana Foreman: Maxine Audley Colonel - Medical Officer: Lionel Jeffries Merchant Seaman: Victor Maddern Military Spokesman: Anthony Nicholls Bud Flanagan: Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen: Chesney Allen Lieutenant Lumpkin: Kenneth Cope Private Fraser: Denys Graham Don R - Dispatch Rider: Barry Foster Battery Sergeant Major: Warwick Ashton Battery Major: Peter Halliday Staff Colonel: Lloyd Lamble General The Viscount Gort V.C.: Cyril Raymond Vice Admiral Ramsay: Nicholas Hannen Grace Holden: Patricia Plunkett Commander - Sheerness: Michael Gwynn Old Sweat: Fred Griffiths Joe - Crewman: Dan Cressey Sergeant on the Beaches: Christopher Rhodes Dr. Levy: Harry Landis Padre: Alan Beaton Sergeant on Parade Ground: Patrick Allen British Soldier: Ernie Rice Small Boat Owner: Jim Tyson Naval Officer: Howard Pays Reporter: Jack Armstrong Commander - Royal Navy: Arnold Bell Paddle Steamer Captain: Michael Brennan Boat Owner's Wife: Olwen Brookes Self: Winston Churchill Soldier: Del Watson Thirsty Sailor: Bernard Cribbins Newsreel Commentator: Bob Danvers Walker Henry: Geoffrey Denton Policeman at Tough's Yard: Arnold Diamond Ministry Official: John Serret Worker in Holden's Factory: Liz Fraser Motorcyclist: Thomas Graham British Officer: John Harvey German Soldier: John G. Heller Surgeon Left Behind: Barry Keegan Chief - Sheerness Dockyard: Howard Lang Sergeant: Ian MacNaughton WRNS Secretary: Mary Maxfield Boat Owner Spokesman: John Phillips Crewman: Charles Price Housewife: Sheila Raynor Man in the Street: John Salew Doctor: Harold Siddons Captain: William Squire Sergeant in Cookhouse: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Officer (line of men in sea): Tim Turner Ordinary Seaman: John Stephen Walker Landlord: John Warwick Worker Who Speaks to Holden: Mona Washbourne Evacuation Officer: Russell Waters Officer at Ramsey's H.Q.: Peter Williams Written by: Trevor Dudley Smith, Ewan Butler, J.S. Bradford Director: Leslie Norman Production: Ealing Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: 10 Sep 1958