James Garner as Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden

Edmond O'Brien as Commander Paul Stevenson

Andra Martin as Sally Johnson

Alan Hale Jr. as Lt. Pat Malone

Carleton Carpenter as Lt. Phil Carney

Frank Gifford as Ensign Cy Mount

William Leslie as Lt. Doherty

Richard Bakalyan as Seaman Peck

Edd Byrnes as Pharmacist Mate Ash

Sean Garrison as Seaman Floyd

Henry Kulky as Chief Petty Officer York

Warren Oates as Seaman Kovacs

Clifford Kawada as Japanese (uncredited)

Frank Watkins as Gruber (uncredited)

Peggy Moffitt as Jukebox Girl

Bernie Hamilton as Seaman Weary