Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson
Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner
Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson
Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick
Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade
Treleaven's Baby Sitter
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
Robert Stevenson
Calgary Operator
Mary Newton
Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads
Will Sage
Vancouver Radar Controller
Will J. White
Vancouver Policeman
Richard Keith
Calgary Station Manager
Arthur Hanson
Toer Operator
Woody Chambliss
Reporter (uncredited)
William Conrad
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Editor (uncredited)
Duane Grey
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
S. John Launer
Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
James Maloney
Plane Passenger (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)