"Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers."
Dirk Bogarde
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
as Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
as Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
as Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
as Manoli
Wolfe Morris
as George
Michael Gough
as Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
as Elias
Brian Worth
as
Roland Bartrop
as Miki
George Eugeniou
Paul Stassino
as Yani Katsias
Peter Augustine
as The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes
as General Breuer
Christopher Lee
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner
as German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum
as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick
as Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
Adeeb Assaly
Peter Brace
Guido Lorraine
Howard Marion-Crawford
George Pravda
Andreas Malandrinos
as Greek (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
as Narrator(voice) (uncredited)
Gisela Birke
as German Girl(uncredited)
Phyllia Houseman
as Michali's Sister
John Houseman
as Johnny Houseman
Takis Frangofinos
as Michali
Theo Moreas
as Village Priest
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
W. Stanley Moss
Adaptation
Writer
Producer
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Míkis Theodorakis
Original Music Composer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Arthur Stevens
Editor
Alex Vetchinsky
Art Direction
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Jack Swinburne
Production Manager
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Nandi Routh
Costume Designer
Archie Ludski
Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Charles Knott
Gladys Goldsmith
Continuity
Paul Rabiger
Makeup Artist
Frederic Lewis
Music Director
Jean Osborne
Unit Publicist