John Wayne character Dan Roman
Claire Trevor character May Holst
Laraine Day character Lydia Rice
Robert Stack character John Sullivan
Jan Sterling character Sally McKee
Phil Harris character Ed Joseph
Robert Newton character Gustave Pardee
David Brian character Ken Childs
Paul Kelly character Donald Flaherty
Sidney Blackmer character Humphrey Agnew
Julie Bishop character Lillian Pardee
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez character Gonzales
John Howard character Howard Rice
Wally Brown character Lenny Wilby, navigator
William Campbell character Hobie Wheeler
Ann Doran character Clara Joseph
John Qualen character Jose Locota
Paul Fix character Frank Briscoe
George Chandler character Ben Sneed
Joy Kim character Dorothy Chen
Michael Wellman character Toby Fields
Douglas Fowley character Alsop
Regis Toomey character Tim Garfield
Robert Keys character Lieutenant Mowbray
William Hopper character Roy
William Schallert character Dispatcher
Julie Mitchum character Susie Wilby
Doe Avedon character Miss Spalding
Karen Sharpe character Nell Buck
John Smith character Milo Buck
Robert Easton character Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy character Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
Walter Reed character Mr. Field (uncredited)
Carl Switzer character Ensign Keim
