John Wayne as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Dan Dailey as 'Jughead' Carson

Maureen O'Hara as Min Wead

Ward Bond as John Dodge

Ken Curtis as John Dale Price

Edmund Lowe as Adm. Moffett

Kenneth Tobey as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

James Todd as Jack Travis

Barry Kelley as Capt. Jock Clark

Sig Ruman as Manager

Henry O'Neill as Capt. Spear

Willis Bouchey as Barton

Dorothy Jordan as Rose Brentmann

Evelyn Rudie as Doris Wead

Chuck Roberson as Officer

Ray Baker as Captain

Peter Ortiz as Lt. Charles Dexter