 | Gemma Arterton als Catrin Cole |
 | Sam Claflin als Tom Buckley |
 | Bill Nighy als Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank |
 | Jack Huston als Ellis Cole |
 | Helen McCrory als Sophie Smith |
 | Eddie Marsan als Sammy Smith |
 | Jake Lacy als Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan |
 | Rachael Stirling als Phyl Moore |
 | Henry Goodman als Gabriel Baker |
 | Paul Ritter als Raymond Parfitt |
 | Richard E. Grant als Roger Swain |
 | Nicholas Murchie als Bus Conductor |
 | Amanda Root als Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) |
 | Patrick Gibson als Rex, the Clapper Loader |
 | Darren Clarke als The Gaffer |
 | Ed Birch als Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film) |
 | Lissa Evans als Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film) |
| Richard Bevan als Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor) |
| Gaby Chiappe als Dolly (Carrot Film) |
 | Amanda Fairbank-Hynes als Mabel (Carrot Film) |
 | Lily Knight als Rose Starling |
 | Francesca Knight als Lily Starling |
 | Bella Ava Georgiou als Pearl (Girl on the Tube) |
 | Alfie Stewart als Soldier on the Tube |
 | Mossie Smith als Female Warden |
 | Jay Simpson als Alf Reynolds |
| Frances Jeater als Spitfires Collector |
 | Claudia Jessie als Doris Cleavley / Lily |
 | Stephanie Hyam als Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose |
| Richard Syms als Head Waiter |
 | Natalia Ryumina als Muriel (Ellis's Friend) |
 | Rebecca Saire als Mortuary Nurse |
 | Jeremy Irons als Secretary of War |
 | Miles Richardson als Movietone Newsreader |
| Gordon Brown als Chick, the 1st AD |
| Julia Lewis als The Make-Up Artist |
| Liliana Gane als The Wardrobe Mistress |
| Hubert Burton als Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero) |
 | Michael Marcus als Alex, the Director |
| Stephen Boswell als War Widows Collector |
| Feline Allentoft als Wyndham Best's Girlfriend |
 | Ellie Haddington als Catrin's Landlady |
| Florence Woolley als Corona Cinema Usherette |
 | Joanna Brookes als Woman in Corona |
| Patrick Osborne als Soldier in Corona |
 | Cathy Murphy als Vee (uncredited) |
 | Emma Cunniffe als Ettie (uncredited) |
 | Clive Russell als Mr. Starling (uncredited) |
 | Letty Butler als First Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Nell Barlow als Second Waitress (uncredited) |
 | Steve Carroll als Boom Operator (uncredited) |
| Katie Jackson als Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited) |
 | Lee Whitlock als Man in Pub (uncredited) |
| Lone Scherfig | Director |
| Gaby Chiappe | Screenplay |
| Lissa Evans | Novel |
| Andy Surry | Production Coordinator |
| Howard Watkins | Title Designer |
| Finola Dwyer | Producer |
| Amanda Posey | Producer |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| Rachel Portman | Music |
| Sebastian Blenkov | Director of Photography |
| Lucia Zucchetti | Editor |
| Alice Normington | Production Design |
| Gareth Cousins | Art Direction |
| Jonathan Houlding | Art Direction |
| Liz Griffiths | Set Decoration |
| Lynne Huitson | Supervising Art Director |
| Nic Pallace | Supervising Art Director |
| Craig Price | Property Master |
| Irene Chawko | Script Supervisor |
| Christoph Bauschinger | Music Editor |
| Laura Katz | Music Supervisor |
| Hannah Walter | Costume Supervisor |
| Vanessa Baker | ADR Voice Casting |
| Brian Beaumont | Gaffer |
| Ian Glenister | Rigging Gaffer |
| Kevin Foy | Key Grip |
| Nicola Dove | Still Photographer |
| Chris Reynolds | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Erica Winkler | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Alan Banis | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jade Poole | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Nina Hartstone | ADR Editor |
| Peter Burgis | Foley |
| Glen Gathard | Foley |
| Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Martin Trevis | Sound Recordist |
| Andrew Caller | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Nina Hartstone | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Ben Barker | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Hanna Canfor | Hairstylist |
| Catriona Johnstone | Hairstylist |
| Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou | Hair Designer |
| Bella Ava Georgiou | Makeup Artist |
| Eva Marieges Moore | Makeup Artist |
| Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou | Makeup Designer |
| Ivan Dunleavy | Executive Producer |
| Zygi Kamasa | Executive Producer |
| Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
| Richard Mansell | Associate Producer |
| Robert Norris | Executive Producer |
| Jim Spencer | Line Producer |
| Ed Wethered | Executive Producer |
| Polly Duval | Post Production Supervisor |
| Kate Hazell | Unit Production Manager |
| Emma Crompton | Casting Assistant |
| Lucy Bevan | Casting |
| Simon Baber | Location Scout |
| Daniel Nielsen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| James Wichall | Dialogue Editor |
| Kate Rhodes James | Casting |
| Charlotte Walter | Costume Designer |
| Peter Watson | Executive Producer |
| Thorsten Schumacher | Executive Producer |
| Elizabeth Karlsen | Producer |
| Dan Hirst | Stunts |
| Gavin Lee Lewis | Stunts |
| Jo McLaren | Stunt Coordinator |
| Simon McLaren-Clark | Stunts |
| Jack Ravenscroft | First Assistant Director |
| James Manning | Second Assistant Director |
