"This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis."
Merle Oberon
as Mrs. Richardson
Ralph Richardson
as Wing Commander Richardson
June Duprez
as June
Flora Robson
as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
Robert Douglas
as Briefing Officer
Anthony Bushell
as Pilot
Brian Worth
as Bobby
Austin Trevor
as Schulemberg - German Air Chief of Staff
Ivan Brandt
as Air Officer
G.H. Mulcaster
as Controller
Herbert Lomas
as Holveg
Milton Rosmer
as Head of Observer Corps
Ronald Adam
as German Bomber Chief
Robert Rendel
as British Chief of Air Staff
John Longden
as Unnamed Character
Archibald Batty
Ian Fleming
Charles Carson
as Anti-aircraft Officer
John Penrose
Frank Tickle
John Robinson
Derrick De Marney
as Bill - Navigator
Carl Jaffe
Gerald Case
Torin Thatcher
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
Bernard Miles
as Civilian Observer Controller
E. V. H. Emmett
as Commentator
Brian Desmond Hurst
Director
Adrian Brunel
Writer
Michael Powell
Ian Dalrymple
Story
Osmond Borradaile
Camera Operator
Bernard Browne
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Alexander Korda
Producer
Henry Cornelius
Editor
Hugh Stewart
Vincent Korda
Supervising Art Director
Associate Producer
Derek N. Twist
Charles Frend