Cast & Crew

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Writing Credits

Frank Wead
(screen play) and
Robert Buckner
(screen play)
Frank Wead
(story)

Cast

Errol Flynn
Lieutenant Doug Lee
Fred MacMurray
Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Commander Lance Rogers
Alexis Smith
Linda Fisher
Robert Armstrong
Art Lyons
Regis Toomey
Tim Griffin
Allen Jenkins
'Lucky' James
Craig Stevens
John Thomas Anthony
Herbert Anderson
Chubby
Moroni Olsen
Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Dennie Moore
Mrs. James
Louis Jean Heydt
Swede Larson
Cliff Nazarro
Corps Man
Lane Allan
Measles Patient
James Anderson
Pilot
Tod Andrews
Telephone Man
James Conaty
Party Guest
Garrett Craig
Pilot
Ann Doran
Helen
Charles Drake
Pilot
Tom Dugan
San Diego Sr. Surgeon's Receptionist
William Forrest
Commander
John Gallaudet
Commandant's Aide
Roy Gordon
Commandant
Sol Gorss
Pilot
Alan Hale Jr.
Pilot Trainee
Creighton Hale
Hospital Attendant
Howard Hickman
Admiral
Russell Hicks
Admiral Emceeing Awards
Max Hoffman Jr.
Squadron Commanding Officer
Stuart Holmes
Nightclub Patron
William Hopper
Pilot Telling Joe 'Tim Landed RAF Plane'
Owen King
Radio Man
Harry Lewis
Flag Man
Alexander Lockwood
Squadron Commander
Jerry Marlowe
Field Duty Officer
George Meeker
Tom
Harold Miller
Doctor
Bert Moorhouse
Doctor
Lyle Moraine
Pilot
Will Morgan
Anesthetist
David Newell
Pilot
Wedgwood Nowell
General
Ed Pawka
Pilot
Steve Pendleton
Pilot
William 'Bill' Phillips
Worker Holding Diver's Helmet
Alexander Pollard
Nightclub Waiter
Jane Randolph
Singer (song "What's New")
Addison Richards
Honolulu Surgeon Operating on Swede
Jeffrey Sayre
Navy Medic
Tom Seidel
Pilot
Tom Skinner
Pilot
Charles Smith
Bellboy with Comic Rhyme (segment "Home Mechanics")
Garland Smith
Pilot
Stanley Smith
Pilot
Juanita Stark
Cigarette Girl
Bert Stevens
Nightclub Patron
Alix Talton
Girl at Newsstand
Charles Tannen
Pilot
Richard Travis
Commanding Officer
Don Turner
Pilot
Dick Wessel
Mechanic Who Helps Joe with Pressure Suit
Larry Williams
Pilot Ed
Charlotte Wynters
Mrs. Silvers
Gig Young
Abbott

Produced by

Robert Lord
associate producer
Hal B. Wallis
executive producer

Music by

Max Steiner

Cinematography by

Bert Glennon
director of photography
Winton C. Hoch
director of photography

Editing by

George Amy

Art Direction by

Robert M. Haas
(as Robert Haas)

Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist
Edwin Allen
makeup artist (uncredited)
Dick Hamilton
makeup artist (uncredited)
Ward Hamilton
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Al Alleborn
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Frank Heath
assistant director (uncredited)
Armor Marlowe
second assistant director (uncredited)
Sherry Shourds
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Budd Friend
props (uncredited)
William L. Kuehl
props (uncredited)
Herbert Plews
props (uncredited)
William Wallace
assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department

J.C. Kilpatrick
boom operator
Francis J. Scheid
sound
Everett Alton Brown
sound mixer (uncredited)
Lincoln Lyons
sound mixer (uncredited)
Francis E. Stahl
sound recorder (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Byron Haskin
special effects
Rex Wimpy
special effects

Stunts

Ed Pawka
stunt performer: fights (uncredited)
Don Turner
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Elmer Dyer
aerial photographer
Charles A. Marshall
aerial photographer (as Charles Marshall)
Duke Callaghan
assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
William Classen
grip (uncredited)
Owen Crompton
grip: second unit (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell
second camera operator (uncredited)
Ellsworth Fredericks
second camera operator (uncredited)
D. Kesson
assistant camera (uncredited)
Earl Metz
camera operator (uncredited)
Mickey Moran
best boy (uncredited)
Fred Morgan
still photographer (uncredited)
Ralph Owen
gaffer (uncredited)
Ray Rennahan
second camera operator (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
Rod Tolmie
assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Ted Weisbarth
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Dan Brown
wardrobe (uncredited)
Ted Kring
wardrobe (uncredited)
Robert O'Dell
wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Natalie Kalmus
color director: Technicolor

Music Department

Leo F. Forbstein
musical director
Hugo Friedhofer
orchestral arranger

Script and Continuity Department

Fred Applegate
script clerk (uncredited)
Meta Carpenter
script clerk (uncredited)
Armor Marlowe
script clerk (uncredited)
Richard Walton
script clerk: second unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Hugh MacMullan
dialogue director
Paul Mantz
chief pilot: Warner Bros.
J.R. Poppen
technical advisor: medical (as J. R. Poppen Capt. [MC])
S.H. Warner
technical advisor: aeronautical (as S.H. Warner Commander [U.S.N.])
R.A. Winston
title: "Dive Bomber" (as Lieut. R.A. Winston [U.S.N.])
Harry Barndollar
technical advisor (uncredited)
Frank Clarke
substitute pilot (uncredited)
Edward O'Hare
pilot: flying Navy fighters (uncredited)
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