
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
Cast

Jack Hawkins
Group Captain 'Tiger' Small

Michael Denison
Squadron Leader Peter Moon

John Gregson
Pilot Officer T.B. 'Septic' Baird

Cyril Raymond
Squadron Leader Barry Clinton

Veronica Hurst
Betty Carfax

Harold Goodwin
A.C. 2 Wailes

Geoffrey Keen
Company Sergeant Major

Philip Stainton
Police Constable

Vida Hope
W.A.A.F., W.A.A.F

Amy Veness
Aunt Tabitha

Ronald Adam
Group Controller

Humphrey Lestocq
Flight Lieutenant 'Batchy' Salter

Andrew Osborn
Squadron Leader Bill Ponsford

Dulcie Gray
Nadine Clinton

Harry Locke
Look Out
Norman Pierce
'Bonzo'

Peter Jones
Sentry

Russell Hunter
Pimpernel Pilot

Victor Maddern
Airman

Harry Fowler
Airman

Sam Kydd
Mess Waiter

Marianne Stone
W.A.A.F, W.A.A.F.
John Barry
Jacko, Pimpernel Pilot
Richard Dunn
Pimpernel Pilot
Elwyn Daniel
Pimpernel Pilot
Douglas Hurn
P.O. Tony Raines, Pimpernel Pilot
Richard Levin
Pimpernel Pilot

Terence Longdon
Falk, Pimpernel Pilot
Donald McLisky
Pimpernel Pilot
Bryn Roberts
Pimpernel Pilot
Harold Siddons
Mortimer, Pimpernel Pilot
Anthony Moore
Squadron Leader Marlow
Gordon Bell
Ops. B.
W. Thorp Deverreux
Sergeant

Neil Wilson
Army Liaison Officer
Rosemary Lomax
Ops. A.
Josephine Douglas
W.A.A.F.
Gillian Maude
W.A.A.F.

Freda Bamford
W.A.A.F.
Vari Falconer
W.A.A.F.
Karen Grayson
W.A.A.F.

Ann Lancaster
W.A.A.F.
Joan Sterndale-Bennett
W.A.A.F.
Helen Stirling
W.A.A.F.
Wendy Remington
W.A.A.F.

Colin Tapley
Adjutant
John Sharp
'Soss'

Ewan Roberts
Medical Officer

Hugh Moxey
Intelligence Officer

John Phillips
Engineer Officer

John Harvey
Station Warrant Officer

Russell Waters
Airman
Warwick Ashton
Airman in Ops Room (Uncredited)
Jack Dearlove
Flight Controller (Uncredited)
Otto Friese
Mess Waiter (Uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Airman in Officers Club (Uncredited)

Joan Hickson
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Casey (Uncredited)

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Falk (Uncredited)
Harold Sanderson
Guard with Wailes (Uncredited)
John Wilder
Airman (Uncredited)
Crew
George More O'Ferrall
Director
Derek N. Twist
Writer, Producer
Daniel Birt
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Gordon Scott
Assistant Director
John W. Gossage
Producer

Freddie Francis
Camera Operator
Stanley Grant
Aerial Camera
Polly Young
Hairdresser
Kenneth Mackay
Makeup Artist
Harold V. King
Sound Director, Sound Supervisor
Alfred Wilson
Sound Editor
H.L. Bird
Sound Recordist
George Blackwell
Visual Effects
Vic Margutti
Visual Effects
John Wooldridge
Music Director, Music Arranger, Conductor
Bryan Langley
Matte Painter
George Higgins
Still Photographer
Marjorie Owens
Script Supervisor, Continuity
Wilfred Eades
Production Manager
Pelham Groom
Original Story
Frederick Pusey
Art Direction
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