Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker

Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker

Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven

Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson

Geoffrey Toone
Dr. Baird

Jerry Paris
Tony Decker

Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner

Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson

Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick

Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart

John Ashley
TV Singer

Willis Bouchey
RCAF Doctor

Maxine Cooper
Sick Plane Passenger

Noel Drayton
Vancouver Control Man

Fintan Meyler
Hysterical Woman

Larry Thor
Vancouver Radio Dispatcher

Russell Thorson
Vancouver Flight Dispatcher

Mary Newton
Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads

Hope Summers
Older Woman

Roy Gordon
Frank Graham

Woody Chambliss
Reporter (uncredited)

William Conrad
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Duane Grey
Plane Passenger (uncredited)

S. John Launer
Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Katherine Warren
Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)

John Zaremba
Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited)