Burt Lancaster
Role: Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas
Role: Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Fredric March
Role: President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner
Role: Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien
Role: Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam
Role: Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan
Role: Col. William "Mud" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
Role: Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell
Role: Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb
Role: Esther Townsend
George Macready
Role: Christopher Todd
Richard Anderson
Role: Col. Murdock
Bart Burns
Role: Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
John Alban
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Role: Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Al Bain
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Role: Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
John Barton
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker
Role: Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)
William Challee
Role: Gen. Riley (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Mimi Dillard
Role: Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Role: Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Gale
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Role: Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
John Houseman
Role: Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Role: Capt. Ortega (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Role: Diner Operator (uncredited)
Colette Jackson
Role: Bar Girl (uncredited)
Jim Jacobs
Role: Helicopter Commando (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Role: Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Paul King
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
John Larkin
Role: Col. Broderick (uncredited)
Kent McCord
Role: Presidential Aide (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Role: Gen. Hardesty (uncredited)
William Meader
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Role: Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mullaney
Role: Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
José Portugal
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Ravel
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Rich
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Owen Song
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Role: Senate Commitee Member (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Role: Stewart Dillard (uncredited)
Fredd Wayne
Role: Henry Whitney (uncredited)
Ferris Webster
Role: Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited)
