Glenn Ford as Sam McBane

Jane Russell as Self

Rod Taylor as Captain Jack Savage

Suzanne Pleshette as Martha Webster

Nancy Kwan as Sally Fraser

Wally Cox as Ralph Bundy

Nehemiah Persoff as Ben Sawyer

Mark Stevens as Mickey Doolan

Max Showalter as Dan Crawford

Constance Towers as Peg Burke

Howard St. John as Mark Hutchins

Robert J. Wilke as Stillman

Bert Freed as Dillon

Dort Clark as Ted Wilson

Mary Wickes as Mrs. Llewlyn

Robert F. Simon as Proctor

Stanley Adams as Bernie (uncredited)

Robert Adler as FBI Agent (uncredited)

François André as Technician (uncredited)

Al Bain as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)

Evadne Baker as Secretary (uncredited)

Tony Barr as Coordinator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)

David Bedell as Technician (uncredited)

Jim Boles as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

George Bruggeman as Party Guest (uncredited)

Rusty Burrell as News Reporter (uncredited)

Marianna Case as D'Arcy (uncredited)

Dick Cherney as Soldier (uncredited)

Booth Colman as Technician (uncredited)

Paul Cristo as Party Guest (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)

George DeNormand as Board Member (uncredited)

Kem Dibbs as FBI Agent (uncredited)

George Dockstader as Policeman (uncredited)

Bob Duggan as Reporter (uncredited)

Minta Durfee as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Kort Falkenberg as Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

George Ford as Loadmaster (uncredited)

Peter Ford as Attendant (uncredited)

James Gonzalez as Airline Employee (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin as Art Baldwin (uncredited)

Herschel Graham as Inspector (uncredited)

Pitt Herbert as Man (uncredited)

George Holmes as Board Member (uncredited)

Joseph Hoover as Newsman (uncredited)

John Hubbard as Al Robbins (uncredited)

Charles Irving as Inquiry Board Chairman (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers as Inspector (uncredited)

Morgan Justin as TV Camera Crewman (uncredited)

Rusty Lane as Supervisor (uncredited)

John Lawrence as Priest (uncredited)

Paul Lukather as News Reporter (uncredited)

Dorothy Malone as Lisa Bond (uncredited)

William Meader as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Laurie Mitchell as Bar Hostess (uncredited)

Sol Murgi as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paulene Myers as Mother (uncredited)

Ron Nyman as Bob (uncredited)

Joe Patridge as First Officer Murray (uncredited)

Charles Perry as Inspector (uncredited)

Paul Power as Reporter (uncredited)

Anthony Redondo as Party Guest (uncredited)

Marshall Reed as News Reporter (uncredited)

Tony Regan as Party Guest (uncredited)

Edward Rickard as Party Guest (uncredited)

Christopher Riordan as Soldier in Audience (uncredited)

Clark Ross as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Jerry Rush as Reporter (uncredited)

Mark Russell as Soldier (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo as Party Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Airline Employee (uncredited)

Joe Scott as Controller (uncredited)

James Secrest as Orderly (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

John Stevens as News Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Swoger as Airport Employee (uncredited)

Hal Taggart as Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Thomas as News Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Trinka as WWII Navigator (uncredited)

Blaine Turner as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)

Richard Walsh as Radio Newsman (uncredited)

Arch Whiting as Party Guest (uncredited)

Harry Wilson as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)