Natalie Wood as Lois Brennan

Karl Malden as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan

Marsha Hunt as Edith Brennan

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Col. Jim Herlihy

Don Kelly as MSgt. Darren McKine

Nelson Leigh as Brig. Gen. Wayne Action

Robert Nichols as Wilbur "Brooklyn" Stuart

Ray Montgomery as Barnes

Robert Hover as Simpson

Paul Baxley as Crewman in Korea (uncredited)

Nicky Blair as Pasquali (uncredited)

Jack Chefe as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Russ Conway as Gen. Tyler (uncredited)

Ann Doran as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

John Doucette as Nielson (uncredited)

Chris Drake as Control Tower Radioman (uncredited)

Dick Elliott as Mr. Sampton (uncredited)

Michael Emmet as Capt. Dickson (uncredited)

Ethel Greenwood as Slater's Party Guest (uncredited)

Steve Hayes as Fireman (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan as Tall Thin Man (uncredited)

Jean Howell as Betty McKine (uncredited)

Olin Howland as Joe (uncredited)

Will Hutchins as Roberts - B-52 Navigator (uncredited)

Bill Idelson as Tail Gunner (uncredited)

Beverly Ruth Jordan as Young Girl (uncredited)

Henry Kulky as Calvin (uncredited)

Peter Leeds as TV Quiz Show Director (uncredited)

Art Lewis as Radar Observer (uncredited)

Leon Lontoc as Cook in Korea (uncredited)

Kathy Marlowe as Blonde (uncredited)

George Milan as Quiz Show Emcee (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Harold (uncredited)

Mort Mills as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)

Juanita Moore as Clarissa (uncredited)

Tracy Morgan as Redhead (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Joan Patti as Slater's Party Guest (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton as Lt. Col. Graham (uncredited)

Bing Russell as Operator (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

James Seay as B-52 School Instructor (uncredited)

Fred Stromsoe as Quiz Show Cowboy (uncredited)

William Swan as Crewman in Korea (uncredited)

Beverly Thomas as 49er Girl (uncredited)

Harlan Warde as Col. John Baker (uncredited)

Robert Whiteside as Crewman in Korea (uncredited)

Stuart Whitman as Maj. Sam Weisberg (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams as Bud Slater (uncredited)