Vice President Kermit Madigan
Buddy Ebsen
Mark Jones
Peter Graves
Gen. Colton
Richard Eastham
Maj. Earl Foster
Jim B. Smith
President Jeremy Haines
Tod Andrews
Judy Nance
Maida Severn
Colonel to Dunbar
Ivan Bonar
Rod Pitcher
Gary Haynes
Girl in Desert
Patty Bodeen
Boy in Desert
Robert Reiser
Adm. Phillips
Byron Morrow
Thomas
Bill Walker
Gunther Damon
Arthur Kennedy
First Controller
Richard Bull
Second Controller
Vernon Weddle
Control Supervisor
Hoke Howell
Dentist
Richard Stahl
Tower Controller
Gil Peterson
Airman
Dale Tarter
Helicopter Pilot
James W. Gavin
Ground Crew Chief
Barry Cahill
Genesse
Lillian Lehman
Aide to Dunbar
James B. Sikking
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Raymond Massey
WAF
Barbara Leigh
News Cameraman
Jerry Crews
Reporter
Jeff Burton
Aide to Colton
John Rayner
Mr. Meyers
George Barrows
Marine Corporal
John Amos
Maj. D'Andrea
John Ward
Hester Madigan
Mercedes McCambridge
George Oldenburg
Rip Torn
Joanna Spencer
Louise Sorel
Gen. Dunbar
James Wainwright
Sen. Bert Haines
Dabney Coleman
Col. Doug Henderson
Joseph Campanella
Director
Daryl Duke
Property Master
Bill Dietz
Makeup Artist
Robert Sidell
Teleplay
Ernest Kinoy
Editor
John F. Link
Hairstylist
Lynn Masters
Novel
Robert J. Serling
Original Music Composer
Gil Mellé
Art Direction
James Hulsey
Mark Carliner
Director of Photography
Richard C. Glouner
Set Decoration
James L. Berkey
Co-Producer
Peter Gettinger
Casting
Joe Scully
Producer