Rock Hudson
Col. Jim Caldwell
Rod Taylor
Col. Hollis Farr
Mary Peach
Victoria Caldwell
Barry Sullivan
Col. Bill Fowler
Kevin McCarthy
Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby
Henry Silva
Col. Joe Garcia
Leora Dana
Mrs. Evelyn Fowler
Robert Lansing
Sgt. Banning
Richard Anderson
Col. Ralph Josten
Richard LePore
Sergeant Kemler
Robert Bray
Lt. Col. Gales
Jim Bannon
Col. Morse
Nelson Leigh
Russ Bender
John McKee
Ben Wright
Louise Fletcher
Mrs. Kemler
John Holland
Ed Prentiss
Duty Controller
R. Wayland Williams
Leif Erickson
Gen. Hewitt
Brandon De Wilde
Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
Steve Welles
Airman (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Mary Benoit
John Davidson
Hadley - S.A.C. Observer (uncredited)
Jay Jacobus
Ray Montgomery
Capt. Line (uncredited)
Ward Ramsey
Bing Russell
Captain (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Marjorie Stapp
John Zaremba
Flight Surgeon (uncredited)
Ed Kemmer
Pilot (uncredited)
Brad Trumbull
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Delbert Mann
Director
Russell F. Schoengarth
Editor
Sy Bartlett
Story
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Sy Bartlett
Producer
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Robert D. Webb
Second Unit Director
Edward Muhl
Executive In Charge Of Production
Irene
Costume Design
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Production Manager
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Joe Lapis
Sound
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Norman Stuart
Dialogue Coach
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Ray Fernstrom
Second Unit Director of Photography
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor
Joseph C. Behm
Assistant Director
Robert Pirosh
Screenplay
Bill Neff
Gaffer
Julius Rosenkrantz
Props