Movie: When the Wind Blows

Top 10 Billed Cast

John Mills
John Mills

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston
Robin Houston

Radio Announcer (voice)

James Russell
James Russell

Russian submariner (voice)

David Dundas
David Dundas

Additional Voices (voice)

Matt Irving
Matt Irving

Additional Voices (voice)

Bernard Montgomery
Bernard Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin
Иосиф Сталин

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

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