Cast & Crew

Directed by

John H. Auer

Writing Credits

Allen Rivkin
(screenplay)
William Wister Haines
(story)
Luther Davis
(contract writer) (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Cast

Sterling Hayden
Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Alexis Smith
Sue Hoskins
Ben Cooper
Seaman P.J. 'Zuggy' Zugbaum
Dean Jagger
Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
Virginia Grey
Dorothy Buracker
Hayden Rorke
Capt. William Buracker
Douglas Kennedy
Capt. Walter Riley
Louis Jean Heydt
Capt. Walter F. Rodee
Richard Crane
Lt. Johnson
Morris Ankrum
Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
Frank Ferguson
Admiral L.D.
John Maxwell
Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey
William Kerwin
Cole
James Best
Student
Chuck Courtney
Seaman
Don Haggerty
Commander
Harry Harvey Jr.
Messenger
Clark Howat
Thomas - Medical Officer
Selmer Jackson
V.I.P.
Robert Nelson
Lt. Rogers
Walter Reed
Operations Officer
Richard Shackleton
Corpsman
Willis Bouchey
Adm. Bill - Review Panel Chairman
Roger Broaddus
Rennie Hoskins
Ralph Brooks
Officer
George Bruggeman
Officer
Robert Carson
Commander
Nicolas Coster
Student
Paul Cristo
Ceremony Guest
Oliver Cross
Officer
Alan Dexter
Doctor
Dick Geary
Student
Mimi Gibson
Mary Sue Hoskins
Arthur D. Gilmour
British Navy Officer
James Gonzalez
Orderly
Wayne Heffley
Commanding Officer
Stuart Holmes
Civilian at Ceremony
William Hudson
Communication Officer
Jil Jarmyn
Flight Nurse
Bruce Kellogg
Adjutant
Colin Kenny
Officer
Harry Lauter
Lt. Martin
Sally Mansfield
Flight Nurse
Philo McCullough
Officer
Russell Meeker
Officer
Charles Meredith
Vice Admiral
Harold Miller
Officer
Howard Negley
Rear Admiral
William Newell
Dining Room Captain
Dayton Osmond
Johnny Hoskins
William Phipps
Legless Sailor
Tom Powers
General
Howard Price
Air Force Corporal
Richard Reeves
Rivet Catcher
Alan Reynolds
Aide
Grandon Rhodes
Admiral at CIMPAC Meeting
Edward Rickard
Ceremony Guest
Roy Roberts
Review Board Captain
John Roy
Student
Jeffrey Sayre
Officer
Robert Shayne
Cmdr. Dean
Arthur Space
Rescue Ship Doctor
Ray Spiker
Workman
Norman Stevans
Student
Bert Stevens
Board Member
Mary Treen
Admitting Nurse
Sid Troy
Workman
Tommy Walker
Seaman
Helen Wallace
Mrs. Dodds
Pierre Watkin
General
Steve Wayne
Student
Alan Wells
Pilot
Dick Wessel
Mike - Rivet Tosser
Frank Wilcox
Cmdr. Calivin Durgin
Robert B. Williams
Seaman

Produced by

John H. Auer
associate producer

Music by

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by

John L. Russell

Editing by

Fred Allen

Art Direction by

Frank Hotaling

Set Decoration by

John McCarthy Jr.
George Milo

Makeup Department

Bob Mark
makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gene Anderson Jr.
assistant director
Leonard Kunody
second assistant director (uncredited)
Harry Mancke
second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

T.A. Carman
sound
Howard Wilson
sound

Special Effects by

Howard Lydecker
special effects
Theodore Lydecker
special effects

Stunts

Dick Geary
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Nels Mathias
grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Adele Palmer
costume supervisor

Music Department

R. Dale Butts
orchestrator (uncredited)
Ned Freeman
orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

William J. Hole Jr.
script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Joseph D. Adkins
technical advisor (as Lt. Joseph D. Adkins)
John Madison Hoskins
rear admiral (credit only)
Edward R. Kendel
technical advisor (as Lt. Col. Edward R. Kendel)
Herbert J. Yates
presenter
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