Dana Andrews as Fred Derry

Fredric March as Al Stephenson

Harold Russell as Homer Parrish

Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson

Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson

Cathy O'Donnell as Wilma Cameron

Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry

Hoagy Carmichael as Butch Engle

Gladys George as Hortense Derry

Roman Bohnen as Pat Derry

Ray Collins as Mr. Milton

Minna Gombell as Mrs. Parrish

Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish

Steve Cochran as Cliff Scully

Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Cameron

Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron

Marlene Aames as Luella Parrish

Charles Halton as Prew

Ray Teal as Mr. Mollett

Howland Chamberlain as Thorpe

Dean White as Novak

Erskine Sanford as Bullard

Michael Hall as Rob Stephenson

Victor Cutler as Woody Merrill

Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty as Salvage Foreman (uncredited)

Jackie Jackson as A Boy (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Man at Airport / Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Marion Gray as Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Jimmy Ames as Jackie (uncredited)

Carol Andrews as Saleswoman (uncredited)

Mary Arden as Miss Barbour (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Edward Biby as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire as Minister at Wedding (uncredited)

Sidney Clute as Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

Tom Coleman as Waiter (uncredited)

Joyce Compton as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

James Conaty as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin as Customer (uncredited)

Bert Conway as ATC Sergeant (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Mady Correll as Announcer (uncredited)

Roy Darmour as Parking Lot Attendant (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson as Man at Airport (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin as Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)

Lester Dorr as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Tom Dugan as Doorman (uncredited)

Dick Earle as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Edward Earle as Steese - Bank (uncredited)

Blake Edwards as Corporal at ATC Counter (uncredited)

Billy Engle as Customer (uncredited)

Ben Erway as Lou Latham - Bank (uncredited)

Doris June Fesetta as Camera Girl (uncredited)

Tennessee Ernie Ford as Nightclub/Hillbilly Singer (uncredited)

Louise Franklin as Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)

Harry Gillette as Card Player at Lucia's (uncredited)

Herschel Graham as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ray Hyke as Gus - Salvage Worker (uncredited)

John Ince as Ryan - Bank Guard (uncredited)

Teddy Infuhr as Dexter - Brat in Drugstore (uncredited)

Georgia Kane as Singer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes as Technical Sergeant (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Donald Kerr as Steve the Bartender (uncredited)

Gene Krupa as Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Alyn Lockwood as Counter Girl (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack as Man at Airport (uncredited)

Susan Mann as Announcer (uncredited)

Thomas Martin as Waiter (uncredited)

Michael Mauree as Glamour Girl (uncredited)

Doreen McCann as A Girl (uncredited)

Peggy McIntyre as Girl at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)

Russell Meeker as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Chef Milani as Giuseppe - Lucia's Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Wealthy Man at Nightclub (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari as Card Player (uncredited)

William Newell as Waiter at Bank Dinner (uncredited)

Georgie Nokes as One of Homer's 'Kids' (uncredited)

Joe Palma as Card Player (uncredited)

Leo Penn as ATC Corporal (uncredited)

Caleb Peterson as Black Soldier at Airfield (uncredited)

Norman Phillips Jr. as Clarence 'Sticky' Merkle (uncredited)

Jack Rice as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway as Girl at Table with Cliff (uncredited)

Mickey Roth as Boy at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)

Loretta Russell as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Ruth Sanderson as Mrs. Garrett (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford as George H. Gibbons (uncredited)

Noreen Sayles as Girl (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi as Card Player (uncredited)

John Tyrrell as Angus - Butch's Waiter (uncredited)

Amelita Ward as Counter Girl (uncredited)

Jan Wiley as Perfume Saleswoman (uncredited)

Marek Windheim as Waiter at Lucia's Restaurant (uncredited)

Catherine Wyler as Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Judy Wyler as Department Store Customer (uncredited)

William Wyler as Drug Store customer (uncredited)

Dick Gordon as Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)