"The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site."
Donald Sinden
as Hugh Mander
Jeannie Carson
as Janet Macleod
Roland Culver
as Capt Waggett
Catherine Lacey
as Mrs Waggett
Noel Purcell
as Father James
Ian Hunter
as Air Commodore Watchorn
Duncan Macrae
as Duncan Ban
Gordon Jackson
as George Campbell
Jean Cadell
as Mrs Campbell
Alex Mackenzie
as Joseph Macleod
Carl Jaffe
as Dr Hamburger
Nicholas Phipps
as Andrew Wishart
Ronnie Corbett
as Drooby
James Copeland
as Kenny Mcleod
John Stevenson Lang
as Reverend Angus
Reginald Beckwith
as Mumford
Arthur Howard
as Meeching
John Laurie
as Capt. MacKechnie
Jack Short
as Roderick
Peter Copley
as Scientist
Jameson Clark
as Constable Macrae
Finlay Currie
as Narrator (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
Michael Relph
Director
Mike Fox
Clapper Loader
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
Cedric Thorpe Davie
Original Music Composer
Yvonne Caffin
Costume Design
Jack Hanbury
Production Manager
Bert Batt
Assistant Director
Compton MacKenzie
Novel
Basil Dearden
Producer
Reginald H. Wyer
Director of Photography
R.L. Alexander
Makeup Artist
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Arthur Cox
Sound Editor
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Monja Danischewsky
Writer
Earl St. John
Executive Producer