Alastair Sim

Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton

Joyce Grenfell

P.W. Sgt. Ruby Gates

George Cole

Flash Harry

Hermione Baddeley

Miss Drownder

Betty Ann Davies

Miss Waters

Renée Houston

Miss Brimmer

Beryl Reid

Miss Wilson

Irene Handl

Miss Gale

Mary Merrall

Miss Buckland

Joan Sims

Miss Dawn

Balbina

Mlle de St. Emilion

Jane Henderson

Miss Holland

Diana Day

Jackie

Jill Braidwood

Florrie

Annabelle Covey

Maudie

Pauline Drewett

Celia

Jean Langston

Rosie

Lloyd Lamble

Superintendent Kemp Bird

Richard Wattis

Manton Bassett

Guy Middleton

Eric Rowbottom-Smith

Arthur Howard

Wilfred Woodley

Michael Ripper

Albert Faning

Eric Pohlmann

The Sultan of Makyad

Sid James

Benny

Martin Walker

Hankinson

Noel Hood

Bilston School Mistress

Vivienne Martin

Arabella

Elizabeth Griffiths

Gladys

Andrée Melly

Lucretia

Belinda Lee

Amanda

Michael Kelly

Bill

Tommy Duggan

Joe

Paul Connell

Sam

Lorna Henderson

Fatima

Vivien Wood

Miss Anderson

Cara Stevens

Sultan's Secretary

Jerry Verno

Alf - the Bookmaker

Jack Doyle

Assistant Trainer

Arthur Mullard

Henchman (uncredited)

Carol White

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Barbara Windsor

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Thelma Connell

Editor

Sidney Gilliat

Producer

Frank Launder

Director

Stanley Pavey

Director of Photography

Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer

Frank Launder

Producer

Frank Launder

Screenplay

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Reg Pope

Clapper Loader

Ray Hearne

Still Photographer

Jack N. Green

Third Assistant Director

Alan Hall

Clapper Loader

Val Valentine

Screenplay

Ronald Searle

Characters

London Films Productions

GB

British Lion Film Corporation