Elenco

Buddy Ebsen
Vice President Kermit Madigan

Peter Graves
Mark Jones

Arthur Kennedy
Gunther Damon

Raymond Massey
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

Mercedes McCambridge
Hester Madigan

Rip Torn
George Oldenburg

Louise Sorel
Joanna Spencer

James Wainwright
Gen. Dunbar

Dabney Coleman
Sen. Bert Haines

Joseph Campanella
Col. Doug Henderson

Richard Eastham
Gen. Colton

Jim B. Smith
Maj. Earl Foster

Tod Andrews
President Jeremy Haines

Maida Severn
Judy Nance

Ivan Bonar
Colonel to Dunbar

Gary Haynes
Rod Pitcher

Patty Bodeen
Girl in Desert

Robert Reiser
Boy in Desert

Byron Morrow
Adm. Phillips

Bill Walker
Thomas

Richard Bull
First Controller

Vernon Weddle
Second Controller

Hoke Howell
Control Supervisor

Richard Stahl
Dentist

Gil Peterson
Tower Controller

Dale Tarter
Airman

James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot

Barry Cahill
Ground Crew Chief

Lillian Lehman
Genesse

James B. Sikking
Aide to Dunbar

Barbara Leigh
WAF

Jerry Crews
News Cameraman

Jeff Burton
Reporter

John Rayner
Aide to Colton

George Barrows
Mr. Meyers

John Amos
Marine Corporal

John Ward
Maj. D'Andrea
Equipe

Mark Carliner
Teleplay

Ernest Kinoy
Teleplay

Robert J. Serling
Novel

Peter Gettinger
Co-Producer

Gil Mellé
Original Music Composer

Richard C. Glouner
Director of Photography

John F. Link
Editor

James Hulsey
Art Direction

James L. Berkey
Set Decoration

Lynn Masters
Hairstylist

Robert Sidell
Makeup Artist

Bill Dietz
Property Master

Daryl Duke
Director

Mark Carliner
Producer

Joe Scully
Casting