Alec Guinness

as Captain Henry St. James

Yvonne De Carlo

as Nita St. James

Celia Johnson

as Maud St. James

Charles Goldner

as Chief Officer Ricco

Miles Malleson

as Lawrence St. James

Walter Crisham

as Bob

Nicholas Phipps

as The Major

Bill Fraser

as Absalom (taxi driver)

Ferdy Mayne

as The Sheikh

Sebastian Cabot

as Ali (vendor)

Peter Bull

as Kalikan firing-squad officer

Roger Delgado

as Kalikan Policeman

Ambrosine Phillpotts

as Marjorie

Henry B. Longhurst

as Professor Killick

Bernard Rebel

as Mr. Wheeler