
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe

Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris

Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel

Laurence Payne
Manoli
Wolfe Morris
George

Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis

John Cairney
Elias

Brian Worth

Roland Bartrop
Miki
George Eugeniou

Paul Stassino
Yani Katsias
Peter Augustine
The Dentist

Christopher Rhodes
General Breuer

Christopher Lee
German officer at The Dentist's office

Richard Marner
German Officer with Gen. Breuer

David McCallum
Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)

Peter Swanwick
Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
Adeeb Assaly
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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