 | Deborah Kerr als Sister Clodagh |
 | David Farrar als Mr. Dean |
 | Flora Robson als Sister Philippa |
 | Kathleen Byron als Sister Ruth |
 | Sabu als The Young General |
 | Jean Simmons als Kanchi |
 | Jenny Laird als Sister Honey |
 | Judith Furse als Sister Briony |
 | Esmond Knight als The Old General |
 | May Hallatt als Angu Ayah |
 | Eddie Whaley Jr. als Joseph Anthony |
| Shaun Noble als Con |
| Nancy Roberts als Mother Dorothea |
| Ley On als Phuba |
| Joan Cozier als Girl in Classroom (uncredited) |
| Maxwell Foster als Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited) |
| Margaret Scudamore als Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited) |
| Helen Debroy Summers als Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited) |
| Jack Cardiff | Director of Photography |
| George R. Busby | Producer |
| Brian Easdale | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Powell | Writer |
| Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
| Emeric Pressburger | Director |
| Reginald Mills | Editor |
| Michael Powell | Producer |
| Michael Powell | Director |
| Rumer Godden | Novel |
| Emeric Pressburger | Writer |
| Alfred Junge | Production Design |
| Sydney Pearson | Special Effects |
| Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| E. Hague | Special Effects |
| Jack Higgins | Special Effects |
| James Snow | Special Effects |
| Hein Heckroth | Costume Design |
| Stanley Lambourne | Sound Designer |
| Max Rosher | Still Photographer |
| Elliot Scott | Draughtsman |
| George Paternoster | Boom Operator |
| Adele Raymond | Casting |
| Ernest Gasser | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| June Robinson | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Sydney Streeter | Assistant Director |
| Laurie Knight | Third Assistant Director |
| Robert Lynn | Third Assistant Director |
| Pat MacDonnell | Second Assistant Director |
| Kenneth Rick | Second Assistant Director |
| Vishwanatha Nageshkar | Set Designer |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound |
