| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 A.J. Cronin | Crew | Writing | Novel, Adaptation |
 Carol Reed | Crew | Directing | Director |
Hans May | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Isadore Goldsmith | Crew | Production | Producer |
J.B. Williams | Crew | Writing | Screenplay |
Mutz Greenbaum | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Allan Jeayes | Cast | Actor | Richard Barras - the mine owner |
 Aubrey Mallalieu | Cast | Actor | Hudspeth |
 Ben Williams | Cast | Actor | Harry Brace |
 Bryan Herbert | Cast | Man Outside Football Ground | |
 Cameron Hall | Cast | Actor | Cinema Commissionaire |
 Cecil Parker | Cast | Actor | Stanley Millington |
Charles Rolfe | Cast | Actor | 2nd Arresting Policeman |
 Clive Baxter | Cast | Actor | Pat Reedy |
 D.J. Williams | Cast | Actor | Union Committee Chairman |
 David Horne | Cast | Actor | Mr. Wilkins |
David Markham | Cast | Actor | Arthur Barras - Barras' son |
 Desmond Tester | Cast | Actor | Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother |
Dorothy Hamilton | Cast | Mrs. Reedy | |
 Edmund Willard | Cast | Actor | Mr. Ramage |
 Edward Rigby | Cast | Actor | Robert Fenwick - Davey's father |
 Emlyn Williams | Cast | Actor | Joe Gowlan |
Frank Atkinson | Cast | Actor | Miner |
 Frederick Burtwell | Cast | Actor | Union Official |
 George Carney | Cast | Actor | Slogger Gowlan |
 Howard Douglas | Cast | Actor | Miner at Rescue |
 Ivor Barnard | Cast | Actor | Wept |
 James Harcourt | Cast | Actor | Will |
 Kynaston Reeves | Cast | Actor | Strother |
Laurence Kitchin | Cast | Actor | Dickie - Butcher's Boy |
 Linden Travers | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Laura Millington |
 Lionel Barrymore | Cast | Actor | Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice) |
 Margaret Lockwood | Cast | Actress | Jenny Sunley |
 Michael Redgrave | Cast | Actor | Davey Fenwick |
Mike Johnson | Cast | Actor | Looting Miner |
 Milton Rosmer | Cast | Actor | Harry Nugent, MP |
 Nancy Price | Cast | Actress | Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother |
 Olga Lindo | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Sunley |
 Roddy Hughes | Cast | Actor | Union Committee Member |
Vi Kaley | Cast | Actress | Old Woman at Looting |
Vincent Holman | Cast | Actor | 1st Arresting Policeman |
Scott Harrold | Cast | Actor | Headmaster Strother |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
