Rock Hudson as Burke Devlin

Robert Stack as Roger Shumann

Dorothy Malone as LaVerne Shumann

Jack Carson as Jiggs

Robert Middleton as Matt Ord

William Schallert as Ted Baker

Alan Reed as Colonel Fineman

Alexander Lockwood as Sam Hagood

Robert J. Wilke as Hank

Christopher Olsen as Jack Shumann

Troy Donahue as Frank Burnham

Betty Utey as Dancing Girl

Phil Harvey as Telegraph Editor

Steve Drexel as Young Man

Eugene Borden as Claude Mollet

Steve Ellis as Mechanic

Bill Baldwin as Pylon Air Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg as Workman on Mardi Gras Float (uncredited)

Jack Chefe as Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Newspaper Office Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Lomas as Frantic Man at Flying Show (uncredited)