Narrow Escapes of WWII (2012) | Full Cast

Nick Davidson

DIRECTOR

Jonathan Elliot

DIRECTOR

Chris Lethbridge

DIRECTOR

Joshua Whitehead

DIRECTOR

Colin Tierney

Narrator

Paul Markey

Narrator

Erik Dellums

Narrator

Richard Overy

Historian, University of Exeter

Mungo Melvin

Self - Major General, Author 'Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General'

Robert Lyman

Self - Author, 'Japan's Last Bid for Victory'

Dave Rooney

Self - Author, 'Burma Victory'

Laurence Dobiesz

Additional voices

Fergal Keane

Self - Author, 'Road of Bones'

Kevin Farrell

Self - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point

Max Hastings

Self - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian

Martin King

Self - Military Historian

Hans Strehlau

Self - Former SS Sergeant, Survivor Operation Hannibal

George Shomo

Self - Staff Sergeant 333rd field artillery unit

Jean-Pierre Ducellier

Self - Dr., author 'The Amiens Raid: Secrets Revealed'

Donald Easten

Self - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Ed Saylor

Self - Engineer; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Matt Dallas

Major Weston (Reconstruction)

Anne-Marie Noel Simon

Self - U.S. Wereth Memorial Foundation

Alex Winchester

Self - Scots Guards, T Patrol

Carrol Glines

Self - Aviation Journalist; Curator Doolittle Museum

Alec Gibson

Self - 3rd Gurka Rifles

Mike Morgan

Self - Author, 'Sting of the Scorpion'

Allan Shaw

Self - Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Ohio

Leslie Crouch

Self - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Tom Griffin

Self - Navigator; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Reginald Coaker

Self - Ordnance Artificer, H.M.S. Bramham

Andrew Stewart

Self - Phd, Kings College London

Morty Soutar

Self - Phd, Military Historian

Bob Hite

Self - Co-Pilot; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Dave Thatcher

Gunner; awarded the Silver Star

Brendan O'Carroll

Self - Author, 'Barce Raid - The Long Range Desert Group's Most Daring Exploit in WW II'

Laurence Hinton

Reconstruction Actor

Michael Woods

Self - Nephew of Charles Pickard

Richard E. Cole

Self - Jimmy Doolittle's Co-Pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross

David Vaughan Knight

Lt Col Robert 'Lucky' Laycock

Bill Smyly

Self - 2nd Gurka Rifles

Tony Le Tissier

Self - Lt. Colonel, Ex- Royal Military Police, Military Historian

Bill Townill

Self - 9th Gurka Rifles

Henri Moisan

Self - French Resistance

John St. John

Self - Former Royal Marine

Peter Henly

Self - Mosquito Display Pilot

Tim Saunders

Self - Major, MBE and author

Ralph Bagnold

Hiimself - Audio interview from 1987

Judy Urquhart

Self - Daughter of Major General Roy Urquhart

Simon Mayall

Self - Lt. General Deputy Chief of Defense Staff

Peter Doresa

Self - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Tony Redding

Self - Author, 'War in the Wilderness'

Peter Smith

Self - Author 'Pedestal'

Saul Kelly

Self - Phd., Lecturer, Kings College London

Kuno Gross

Self - Author, 'Incident at Jebel Sherif'

Ray Ellis

Self - Author, 'Once a Hussar'

Horst Woit

Self - German Evacuee, Survivor - Operation Hannibal

Matthew Cobb

Self - Professor, author of 'The Resistance'

Albert Jordan

Self - 506th Field Company Royal Engineers

Hiroshi Yamagami

Self - Standard Bearer, 58th Infantry Regiment

Darren Placid

american GI

Jimmy Patch

Self - Navigator, Y Patrol

Stuart Carr

Self - Navigator, Y Patrol

Doug Charlton

Self - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade

Chuzaburo Tomau

Self - Company 3 138th Infantry Regiment

Maxwell Sparks

Self - Pilot Officer

James Dunning

Self - Former British Commando and author

Tony Hibbert

Self - Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade

Ted Fawcett

Self - Gunnery Officer, H.M.S. Bramham

Evan Mawdsley

Self - University of Glasgow

Nick Gordon

RAF commander (uncredited)