Private's Progress

Ian Carmichael

— Pte. Stanley Windrush

Richard Attenborough

— Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Terry-Thomas

— Major Hitchcock

John Le Mesurier

— Psychiatrist

William Hartnell

— Sgt. Sutton

Dennis Price

— Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel

Ian Bannen

— Private Horrocks

Peter Jones

— Arthur Egan

Christopher Lee

— Major Schultz

Miles Malleson

— Mr. Windrush Sr.

Jill Adams

— Prudence Greenslade

Victor Maddern

— Private George Blake

Kenneth Griffith

— Private Dai Jones

George Coulouris

— Padre

Marianne Stone

— Miss Sugden

Ronald Adam

— Doctor at Medical

Henry B. Longhurst

— Mr. Spottiswood

Sally Miles

— Catherine

David King-Wood

— Gerald

Derrick De Marney

— Pat

Brian Oulton

— M.O. at Gravestone Camp

Michael Trubshawe

— Col. Fanshawe

Thorley Walters

— Captain Bootle

John Warren

— SgtMaj. Gradwick

Robert Raglan

— General Tomlinson

Henry Oscar

— Art Expert

Nicholas Bruce

— German Officer

Theodore Zichy

— German Agent

Patrick Westwood

— Pvt. Green - Driver

Jack Carter

— German Officer (uncredited)