Dana Andrews
Role: Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Role: Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Role: Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Role: Capt. Bill Wilson
Geoffrey Toone
Role: Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris
Role: Tony Decker
Peggy King
Role: Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan
Role: Harry Burdick
Patricia Tiernan
Role: Mrs. Joan Wilson
Steve London
Role: First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade
Role: Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Ray Ferrell
Role: Joey Stryker
John Ashley
Role: TV Singer
Willis Bouchey
Role: RCAF Doctor
Maxine Cooper
Role: Sick Plane Passenger
David Thursby
Role: Whitmond
Noel Drayton
Role: Vancouver Control Man
Fintan Meyler
Role: Hysterical Woman
Larry Thor
Role: Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Russell Thorson
Role: Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Robert Stevenson
Role: Calgary Operator
Mary Newton
Role: Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads
Will Sage
Role: Vancouver Radar Controller
Will J. White
Role: Vancouver Policeman
Hope Summers
Role: Older Woman
Richard Keith
Role: Calgary Station Manager
Arthur Hanson
Role: Toer Operator
Roy Gordon
Role: Frank Graham
Woody Chambliss
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
William Conrad
Role: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Role: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Role: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Role: Editor (uncredited)
Duane Grey
Role: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
S. John Launer
Role: Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
James Maloney
Role: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Role: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
Role: Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
John Zaremba
Role: Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited)