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