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

Dave Rooney

Self - Author, 'Burma Victory'

Mungo Melvin

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

Robert Lyman

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

Laurence Dobiesz

Additional voices

Max Hastings

Self - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian

Fergal Keane

Self - Author, 'Road of Bones'

Kevin Farrell

Self - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point

Evan Mawdsley

Self - University of Glasgow

Richard E. Cole

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

Alex Winchester

Self - Scots Guards, T Patrol

Bill Townill

Self - 9th Gurka Rifles

Jean-Pierre Ducellier

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

Doug Charlton

Self - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade

Matthew Cobb

Self - Professor, author of 'The Resistance'

Michael Woods

Self - Nephew of Charles Pickard

Peter Henly

Self - Mosquito Display Pilot

Reginald Coaker

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

Simon Mayall

Self - Lt. General Deputy Chief of Defense Staff

Tony Le Tissier

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

Alec Gibson

Self - 3rd Gurka Rifles

Carrol Glines

Self - Aviation Journalist; Curator Doolittle Museum

Ralph Bagnold

Hiimself - Audio interview from 1987

Matt Dallas

Major Weston (Reconstruction)

Donald Easten

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

Dave Thatcher

Gunner; awarded the Silver Star

Judy Urquhart

Self - Daughter of Major General Roy Urquhart

Tony Redding

Self - Author, 'War in the Wilderness'

Horst Woit

Self - German Evacuee, Survivor - Operation Hannibal

Chuzaburo Tomau

Self - Company 3 138th Infantry Regiment

Morty Soutar

Self - Phd, Military Historian

Stuart Carr

Self - Navigator, Y Patrol

Brendan O'Carroll

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

Peter Smith

Self - Author 'Pedestal'

Laurence Hinton

Reconstruction Actor

Maxwell Sparks

Self - Pilot Officer

Kuno Gross

Self - Author, 'Incident at Jebel Sherif'

Peter Doresa

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

Tim Saunders

Self - Major, MBE and author

Tony Hibbert

Self - Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade

Ray Ellis

Self - Author, 'Once a Hussar'

James Dunning

Self - Former British Commando and author

David Vaughan Knight

Lt Col Robert 'Lucky' Laycock

Martin King

Self - Military Historian

Ted Fawcett

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

Ed Saylor

Self - Engineer; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Mike Morgan

Self - Author, 'Sting of the Scorpion'

Albert Jordan

Self - 506th Field Company Royal Engineers

Hiroshi Yamagami

Self - Standard Bearer, 58th Infantry Regiment

Henri Moisan

Self - French Resistance

Jimmy Patch

Self - Navigator, Y Patrol

John St. John

Self - Former Royal Marine

George Shomo

Self - Staff Sergeant 333rd field artillery unit

Hans Strehlau

Self - Former SS Sergeant, Survivor Operation Hannibal

Anne-Marie Noel Simon

Self - U.S. Wereth Memorial Foundation

Allan Shaw

Self - Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Ohio

Saul Kelly

Self - Phd., Lecturer, Kings College London

Darren Placid

american GI

Tom Griffin

Self - Navigator; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Bob Hite

Self - Co-Pilot; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Bill Smyly

Self - 2nd Gurka Rifles

Leslie Crouch

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

Andrew Stewart

Self - Phd, Kings College London

Nick Gordon

RAF commanderuncredited