Robert Mitchum as Charles
Trevor Howard as Father Collins
Christopher Jones as Major Doryan
John Mills as Michael
Leo McKern as Thomas Ryan
Sarah Miles as Rosy
Barry Foster as Tim O’Leary
Marie Kean as Mrs. McCardle
Arthur O’Sullivan as Mr. McCardle
Evin Crowley as Moureen
Douglas Sheldon as Driver
Gerald Sim as Captain
Barry Jackson as Corporal
Des Keogh as Lanky Private
Niall Toibin as O’Keefe
Philip O’Flynn as Paddy
Donal Neligan as Moureen’s Boyfriend
Brian O’Higgins as Constable O’Connor
Niall O’Brien as Bernard
Owen Sullivan as Joseph
Emmet Bergin as Sean
May Cluskey as Storekeeper
Annie D’Alton as Old woman
Julian Holloway as Major Doryan
Pat Layde as Policeman
Ed O’Callaghan as Bernard
Music by the great Kevin MacLeod