Sydney Pollack Director Burt Lancaster Maj. Abraham Falconer Actor Peter Falk Sgt. Rossi Actor Jean-Pierre Aumont The Count of Maldorais Actor Patrick O'Neal Capt. Lionel Beckman Actor Astrid Heeren Therese Actor Scott Wilson Cpl. Clearboy Actor Tony Bill Lt. Amberjack Actor Michael Conrad Sgt. DeVaca Actor Bruce Dern Lt. Billy Byron Bix Actor Al Freeman Jr. Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin Actor James Patterson Elk Actor Bisera Vukotic Actor Ernest Clark British Colonel Actor Harry Baird Dancing Soldier Actor Dary Jones One-Eared Soldier Actor Caterina Boratto Red Queen Actor Daniel Taradash Screenwriter David Rayfiel Screenwriter Martin Ransohoff Producer John Calley Producer Henri Decaë Cinematographer Malcolm Cooke Film Editing Michel Legrand Original Music Max Douy Art Director Jacques Douy Art Director Mort Rabinowitz Art Director Jacques Fonteray Costume Design Lynn Stalmaster Casting