During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
| Production | Paul Graetz | Producer |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Director |
| Art | Jean-André d'Eaubonne | Art Direction |
| Writing | Nicholas Ray | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gavin Lambert | Screenplay |
| Camera | Michel Kelber | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Édouard Luntz | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Léonide Azar | Editor |
| Production | Robert Laffont | Executive Producer |
| Production | Janine Graetz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mario Del Papa | Production Manager |
| Writing | René Hardy | Screenplay |
| Writing | René Hardy | Novel |
| Directing | Christian Ferry | Assistant Director |
| Production | Giorgio Riganti | Production Manager |
| Sound | Maurice Le Roux | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jean-André d'Eaubonne | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | René Daudin | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Paul Joly | Production Manager |
