Richard Attenborough Director Dirk Bogarde Lieutenant General Browning Actor James Caan Staff Sergeant Dohun Actor Michael Caine Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur Actor Sean Connery Major General Urquhart Actor Edward Fox Lieutenant General Horrocks Actor Elliott Gould Colonel Stout Actor Gene Hackman Major General Sosabowski Actor Anthony Hopkins Lieutenant Colonel Frost Actor Hardy Krüger Major General Ludwig Actor Laurence Olivier Doctor Spaander Actor Ryan O'Neal Brigadier General Gavin Actor Robert Redford Major Cook Actor Maximilian Schell Lieutenant General Bittrich Actor Liv Ullmann Kate Ter Horst Actor Arthur Hill U.S. Medical Colonel Actor Wolfgang Preiss Field Marshal Von Rundstedt Actor Siem Vroom Underground Leader Actor Eric Vant Wout Underground Leader's Son Actor Mary Smithuysen Old Dutch Lady Actor Marlies van Alcmaer Underground Leader's Wife Actor Nicholas Campbell Captain Glass Actor Christopher Good Major Carlyle Actor Keith Drinkel Lieutenant Cornish Actor Peter Faber Captain "Harry" Bestebreurtje Actor Joseph E. Levine Producer Richard P. Levine Producer Michael Stanley-Evans Producer William Goldman Screenwriter John Addison Original Music Geoffrey Unsworth Cinematographer Antony Gibbs Film Editing Miriam Brickman Casting Terence Marsh Production Design Stuart Craig Art Director Alan Tomkins Art Director Roy Stannard Art Director Anthony Mendleson Costume Design