Leslie Howard
— Captain Fred Allison
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
— Lieutenant Fred Digby
Paul Lukas
— Colonel Carl Ehrlich
Margaret Lindsay
— Monica Allison
Robert Barrat
— The Commandant
Arthur Hohl
— Cocky
John Bleifer
— Strogin
William LeMaire
— Tex Martin
J. Carrol Naish
— Cpl. Guarand
Philip Faversham
— Lieutenant Haversham
Frank Reicher
— Herr Hauptman
Joyce Coad
— Elsa
Bert Sprotte
— Sergeant Major
Harry Cording
— First Orderly
Halliwell Hobbes
— British Major General
Robert Adair
— Provost Marshal Officer (Uncredited)
Harry Allen
— British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Glen Cavender
— German Sergeant at POW Camp (Uncredited)