Wolf Rilla Director, Screenwriter George Sanders Gordon Zellaby Actor Barbara Shelley Anthea Zellaby Actor Michael Gwynn Alan Bernard Actor Laurence Naismith Doctor Willers Actor John Phillips General Leighton Actor Richard Vernon Sir Edgar Hargraves Actor Jenny Laird Mrs. Harrington Actor Richard Warner Harrington Actor Thomas Heathcote James Pawle Actor Alexander Archdale The Coroner Actor Martin Stephens David Zellaby Actor Charlotte Mitchell Janet Pawle Actor Rosamund Greenwood Miss Ogle Actor Bernard Archard Vicar Actor Susan Richards Mrs. Plumpton Actor Pamela Buck Milly Hughes Actor John Stuart Professor Smith Actor Sarah Long Evelyn Harrington Actor Peter Vaughan P.C. Gobby Actor Robert Marks The Village Children Actor Billy Lawrence The Village Children Actor June Cowell Alien Child Actor Ronald Kinnoch Producer, Screenwriter Stirling Silliphant Screenwriter John Wyndham Writer Geoffrey Faithfull Cinematographer Gordon Hales Film Editing Ivan King Art Director