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

Sy Bartlett

Producer

Sy Bartlett

Story

Russell Harlan

Director of Photography

Russell F. Schoengarth

Editor

Henry Bumstead

Art Direction

Robert D. Webb

Second Unit Director

Waldon O. Watson

Sound

Ray Fernstrom

Second Unit Director of Photography

Norman Stuart

Dialogue Coach

Alexander Golitzen

Art Direction

Joe Lapis

Sound

Robert Priestley

Set Decoration

Ernest B. Wehmeyer

Production Manager

Edward Muhl

Executive In Charge Of Production

Irene

Costume Design

Joseph Gershenson

Music Supervisor

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Joseph C. Behm

Assistant Director

Robert Pirosh

Screenplay

Bill Neff

Gaffer

Julius Rosenkrantz

Props