In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Ian McShane
Sgt. Pilot Andy
Michael Caine
Squadron Leader Canfield
James Cosmo
Jamie
Robert Shaw
Squadron Leader Skipper
Christopher Plummer
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Laurence Olivier
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Edward Fox
Pilot Officer Archie
Barry Foster
Sqd. Leader Edwards
John Savident
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Susannah York
Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Harry Andrews
Senior Civil Servant
Trevor Howard
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Curd Jürgens
Baron von Richter
Kenneth More
Group Capt. Baker
Ralph Richardson
Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
Isla Blair
Mrs. Andy
Michael Bates
Warrant Officer Warwick
Maureen Lipman
Radar Operator (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave
Air Vice Marshal Evill
Nick Tate
RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Beck
French Soldier / RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Pat Heywood
WRAF Cpl. Seymour (uncredited)
Robert Flemyng
Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
Duncan Lamont
Flight Sgt. Arthur
David McKail
Lac Arnold (uncredited)
Jack Gwillim
Senior Air Staff Officer
John Comer
Policeman (uncredited)
Hilary Minster
Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
Patrick Wymark
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Nigel Patrick
Group Capt. Hope
Carl Duering
Sarah Lawson
Skipper's Wife
Reg Lye
Workman (uncredited)
Richard Morant
Replacement Pilot - Red Section 'Red 2' (uncredited)
Anthony Nicholls
Minister
David Webb
RAF Officer (uncredited)
George Merritt
Civilian (uncredited)
André Maranne
French NCO
Paul Angelis
Albert (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
Karl (uncredited)
Günter Clemens
Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
Nosher Powell
Nikki Van der Zyl
Dubbing (voice)
Jean Wladon
Jean Jacques
Alan Tucker
Charlie (uncredited)
Gareth Forwood
Alistair (uncredited)
Graham Armitage
Radar Officer (uncredited)
Brian Grellis
RAF Cpl. Ernie (uncredited)
Massimo Ciprari
German Soldier (uncredited)
Alister Williamson
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Hugo Panczak
Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
Michael Trubshawe
Air Observer (uncredited)
W.G. Foxley
Squadron Leader Evans
Wilfried von Aacken
Gen. Osterkamp
John Baskcomb
Farmer
Tom Chatto
Willoughby's Assistant Controller
David Griffin
Sgt. Pilot Chris
Myles Hoyle
Peter
Nicholas Pennell
Simon
Andrzej Scibor
Ox
Mark Malicz
Pasco
Reinhard Horras
Bruno
Karl-Otto Alberty
General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
Helmut Kircher
Boehm
Alexander Allerson
Maj. Brandt
Paul Neuhaus
Maj. Föhn
Dietrich Frauboes
Field Marshal Milch (Inspector General, Luftwaffe)
Malte Petzel
Col. Beppo Schmidt (Luftwaffe Intelligence)
Alf Jungermann
Brandt's Navigator
Manfred Reddemann
Maj. Falke
Peter Hager
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Hein Riess
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Wolf Harnisch
Gen. Fink
Rolf Stiefel
Adolf Hitler
Hilda Barry
Old Lady (uncredited)
Kate Binchy
Grace (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Civilian Watching German Bomber Crash (uncredited)
A. J. Brown
Air Observer (uncredited)
Daniel Brown
Refugee (uncredited)
Fay Bura
Woman in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)
Mary Burleigh
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Burns
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Woman in Church Hall Shelter (uncredited)
Les Conrad
RAF Sergeant (uncredited)
Victor Croxford
Refugee (uncredited)
George Curtis
Man in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)
Eric Dodson
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Hugh Elton
Docker (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Soldier (uncredited)
Meriel Forbes
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Paddy Frost
Edith (uncredited)
Hugh Futcher
RAF Ground Crew (uncredited)
Michael Guest
General Staff Officer (uncredited)
Barry Halliday
'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)
Vincent Harding
ADC to Hitler (uncredited)
Stuart Hoyle
'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)
Desmond Jordan
General Staff Officer (uncredited)
Geoffrey King
Air Observer (uncredited)
Jack Le White
Archie's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Woman in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)
Illona Linthwaite
Wendy (uncredited)
Harald Meister
Pilot - Föhn's Crew (uncredited)
Rosalind Mendleson
Refugee (uncredited)
Ingo Mogendorf
Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)
Richardson Morgan
British Embassy Valet (uncredited)
Steve Morley
Boy Watching Archie's Parachute Landing (uncredited)