"At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat."
David Farrar
as Sammy Rice
Kathleen Byron
as Susan
Jack Hawkins
as R.B. Waring
Leslie Banks
as Col. A. K. Holland
Michael Gough
as Capt. Dick Stuart
Cyril Cusack
as Cpl. Taylor
Milton Rosmer
as Prof. Mair
Walter Fitzgerald
as Brine
Emrys Jones
as Joe
Michael Goodliffe
as Till
Renée Asherson
as A.T.S. corporal
Anthony Bushell
as Col. Strang
Henry Caine
as Sgt. Maj. Rose
James Dale
as Brigadier
Robert Morley
as The Minister
Sid James
as 'Knucksie' Moran
Sam Kydd
as Crowhurst
Geoffrey Keen
as Pinker
June Elvin
as
Roddy Hughes
as Welsh Doctor
Bryan Forbes
as Peterson
Roderick Lovell
Elwyn Brook-Jones
James Carney
John Stratton
as Young Army Officer
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Nigel Balchin
Novel
Writer
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Clifford Turner
Editor
Madeleine Godar
Casting
Hein Heckroth
Production Design
John Hoesli
Art Direction
Josephine Boss
Costume Design
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Jean Osborne
Publicist
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
George R. Busby
Production Assistant
Producer
Associate Producer
Dorrie Hamilton
Makeup Supervisor
Iris Tilley
Assistant Hairstylist
Archie Knowles
Second Assistant Director
Ivor Beddoes
Assistant Art Director
Peter Childs
Draughtsman
Ted Clements
Harry Pottle
Dario Simoni
Set Dresser
Pat Sladden
Wallis Smith
Alan Allen
Sound
Peter Butcher
Boom Operator
Peter Meyers
Cyril Swern
Sound Editor
Freddie Francis
Camera Operator
Anthony Hopking
Still Photographer
John von Kotze
Clapper Loader