• 
  Martin Ritt

  regizor

• 
  Richard Burton

  Alec Leamas
• 
  Claire Bloom

  Nan Perry
• 
  Walter Gotell

  Holten
• 
  Esmond Knight

  Old Judge
• 
  Michael Ripper

  Lofthouse
• 
  Peter van Eyck

  Hans-Dieter Mundt
• 
  Scott Finch

  German Guide

• 
  Sam Wanamaker

  Peters
• 
  Oskar Werner

  Fiedler
• 
  Robert Hardy

  Dick Carlton
• 
  Niall MacGinnis

  German Checkpoint Guard
• 
  George Mikell

  German Checkpoint Guard
• 
  Philip Madoc

  Young German Officer
• 
  Richard Marner

  Vopo Captain

• 
  Bernard Lee

  Patmore
• 
  David Bauer

  Young Judge
• 
  Michael Hordern

  Ashe
• 
  Warren Mitchell

  Mr. Zanfrello
• 
  George Voskovec

  East German Defense Attorney
• 
  Cyril Cusack

  Control
• 
  Rupert Davies

  George Smiley
• 
  Beatrix Lehmann

  Tribunal President
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  Tom Stern

  CIA Agent