William Hartnell

as Sergeant Grimshawe

Bob Monkhouse

as Charlie Sage

Shirley Eaton

as Mary Sage

Eric Barker

as Captain Potts

Dora Bryan

as Norah

Bill Owen

as Corporal Bill Copping

Charles Hawtrey

as Peter Golightly

Kenneth Connor

as Horace Strong

Kenneth Williams

as James Bailey

Terence Longdon

as Miles Heywood

Norman Rossington

as Herbert Brown

Gerald Campion

as Andy Calloway

Hattie Jacques

as Captain Clark

Cyril Chamberlain

as Gun Sergeant

Arnold Diamond

as Fifth Specialist

Gordon Tanner

as First Specialist

Terry Scott

as Sgt Paddy O'Brien

Edward Judd

as Fifth Storesman

Bernard Kay

as Injured Recruit

Jack Smethurst

as First Recruit

Ed Devereaux

as Sgt. Russell

Martin Boddey

as Sixth Specialist

Frank Forsyth

as Second Specialist

Ian Whittaker

as Medical Corporal

Basil Dignam

as Third Specialist

Anthony Sagar

as Stores Sergeant

John Gatrell

as Fourth Specialist

Alec Bregonzi

as First Storesman

Graham Stewart

as Second Storesman

Leigh Madison

as Sheila

Haydn Ward

as Eighth Recruit

Graydon Gould

as Ninth Recruit

Don McCorkindale

as Third Recruit

Leon Eagles

as Fourth Recruit

Patrick Durkin

as Sixth Recruit

Derek Martinus

as Recruit

James Villiers

as Seventh Recruit

Pat Feeney

as Fourth Storesman

Alexander Harris

as Third Storesman

John Matthews

as Sergeant Matthews

Ronald Clarke

as Sixth Storesman

David Williams

as Seventh Storesman

Brian Jackson

as Second Recruit

Jeremy Dempster

as Tenth Recruit

Terry Dickenson

as Eleventh Recruit

Malcolm Webster

as Fifth Recruit

Henry Livings

as Twelfth Recruit

Michael Hunt

as Fourteenth Recruit