Cast & Crew

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Writing Credits

Borden Chase
(story and screenplay)
Herman E. Halland
(idea) (as Commander Herman E. Halland U.S. Navy Ret.)
Hugh Allen
(uncredited)
Allen Rivkin
(uncredited)
John Twist
(uncredited)

Cast

Wallace Beery
Ned Trumpet
Tom Drake
Jess Weaver
James Gleason
Jimmy Shannon
Jan Clayton
Cathey Cortland
Selena Royle
Maude Weaver
Noah Beery
Joe Hodum
Henry O'Neill
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
Steve Brodie
Timothy Joseph Aloysius 'Tim' Shannon
George Chandler
Bert Bland
Donald Curtis
Operations Officer
Arthur Walsh
Cadet Rayshek
Will Fowler
David
Frank Fenton
Captain Grant
Paul Cavanagh
Sir Anthony Tivall
Dick Crockett
Sparks
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
Mechanic
Ralph Brooke
Minor Role
Keye Chang
Minor Role
Richard Collin
Shore Patrolman
Douglas Cowan
NATS Pilot
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Crew Member
Vernon Downing
English Officer
William Dyer Jr.
Naval Cadet
Blake Edwards
Flier
Stewart Garner
Lt. Raymond
Eddie Hall
NATS Pilot
Phil Hanna
Radioman 2nd Class
Dell Henderson
NATS Officer
John James
Wireless Operator
Bruce Kellogg
NATS Pilot
John Kellogg
Junior Pilot
Paul Langton
Minor Role
Bob Lowell
Mechanic
Bob MacLean
Naval Cadet
Jack Mattis
Naval Cadet
Bob McCutchin
Helper
Bob Miller
Officer Instructor
Jay Norris
Minor Role
Tom O'Grady
Co-Pilot
George Peters
Minor Role
George Ramsey
NATS Pilot
Allen Ray
Radio Operator
Dick Rich
Shore Patrolman
George Ryland
Officer Instructor
Don Shannon
Ground Crew Member
Mel Shubert
Officer
Paul Singh
Maharajah
Arthur Space
Station Commander
Ken Stewart
Minor Role
Joseph Sullivan
Fighter Pilot
Robert Sully
Minor Role
William Tannen
Red
Bob Thom
Officer Instructor
Larry Thompson
Officer
Brad Towne
Minor Role
Tom Trout
Radioman 1st Class
Will Walls
Mechanic 1st Class
James Warren
Bomber Pilot
Constance Weiler
WAVE
William Wellman Jr.
Child
Crane Whitley
Cmdr. Blain
Kay Williams
Minor Role
Jean Wong
Asian Nurse

Produced by

Samuel Marx
producer

Music by

Nathaniel Shilkret
(musical score)

Cinematography by

Sidney Wagner
director of photography

Editing by

Cotton Warburton
(as Irvine Warburton)

Art Direction by

Howard Campbell
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

Glen Barner
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

Kay Dean
Irene

Production Management

Art Smith
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Horace Hough
assistant director
Leo Pepin
assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Lowell Kinsall
sound technician (as Lowell S. Kinsall)
William Steinkamp
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Michael Steinore
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
John A. Williams
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects
Donald Jahraus
special effects

Visual Effects by

Mark Davis
matte paintings camera (uncredited)
Warren Newcombe
matte paintings (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

John Schmitz
second camera (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Peter Ballbusch
montage

Music Department

Pete Decker
music mixer (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn
orchestrator (uncredited)
Albert Glasser
orchestrator (uncredited)
Joseph Nussbaum
orchestrator (uncredited)
William Saracino
music mixer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

John Banse
script clerk (uncredited)
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