Rock Hudson as Col. Jim Caldwell

Rod Taylor as Col. Hollis Farr

Mary Peach as Victoria Caldwell

Barry Sullivan as Col. Bill Fowler

Kevin McCarthy as Gen. 'Happy Jack' Kirby

Henry Silva as Col. Joe Garcia

Leora Dana as Mrs. Evelyn Fowler

Robert Lansing as Sgt. Banning

Richard Anderson as Col. Ralph Josten

Richard LePore as Sergeant Kemler

Robert Bray as

Jim Bannon as

Nelson Leigh as

Russ Bender as

John McKee as

Ben Wright as

Louise Fletcher as Mrs. Kemler

John Holland as

Ed Prentiss as

R. Wayland Williams as

Leif Erickson as Gen. Hewitt

Brandon De Wilde as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)

Steve Welles as Airman (uncredited)

Dorothy Abbott as

Mary Benoit as

John Davidson as

Jay Jacobus as

Ray Montgomery as

Ward Ramsey as

Bing Russell as

Ted Stanhope as

Marjorie Stapp as

John Zaremba as