Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'

Noël Coward

Writing

Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

John Mills

Acting

Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy

Bernard Miles

Acting

Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Celia Johnson

Acting

Freda Lewis / Freda

Kay Walsh

Acting

Mrs. Hardy / Kath

Joyce Carey

Acting

No. 1

Derek Elphinstone

Acting

Flags

Michael Wilding

Acting

Guns

Robert Sansom

Acting

Torps

Philip Friend

Acting

Midshipman

Chimmo Branson

Acting

Engineer Commander

Ballard Berkeley

Acting

Pilot

Hubert Gregg

Acting

Doc

James Donald

Acting

Sub

Michael Whittaker

Costume & Make-Up

Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.

Kenneth Carten

Acting

Secco

John Varley

Acting

Brodie

Caven Watson

Acting

Joey Mackeridge

Geoffrey Hibbert

Acting

Young Stoker

Richard Attenborough

Acting

Edgecombe

Frederick Piper

Acting

Reynolds

Lionel Grose

Acting

Parkinson

Leslie Dwyer

Acting

Fisher

Charles Russell

Acting

Moran

John Singer

Acting

Coombe

Robert Moreton

Acting

Hollett

John Boxer

Acting

Posty

Kenneth Evans

Acting

Coxswain

Johnnie Schofield

Acting

Commander Spencer

Franklyn Bennett

Acting

№ 1. "Tremoyne"

Charles Compton

Acting

Colonel Lumsden

Walter Fitzgerald

Acting

Jasper

Gerald Case

Acting

Bobby Kinross

Daniel Massey

Acting

Lavinia Kinross

Ann Stephens

Acting

Mrs. Blake

Kathleen Harrison

Acting

Mrs. Lemmon

Dora Gregory

Acting

Maureen

Penelope Dudley-Ward

Acting

Mrs. Macadoo

Barbara Waring

Acting

Mrs. Farrell

Eileen Peel

Acting

Nell Fosdick

Lesley Osmond

Acting

Emily

Josie Welford

Acting

Barmaid

Kay Young

Acting

Mona Duke

Trixie Scales

Acting

Mr. Blake

George Carney

Acting

Uncle Fred

Wally Patch

Acting

Albert Fosdick

Michael Anderson

Directing

May Blake

Jill Stephens

Acting

Nurse

Everley Gregg

Acting

Photographer

Roddy Hughes

Acting

Mr. Satterthwaite

Norman Pierce

Acting

Freda's Baby

Juliet Mills

Acting

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Leslie Howard

Acting