Cast
Buddy Ebsen
Vice President Kermit Madigan
Rip Torn
George Oldenburg
Dabney Coleman
Sen. Bert Haines
Hoke Howell
Control Supervisor
Gil Peterson
Tower Controller
Vernon Weddle
Second Controller
James B. Sikking
Aide to Dunbar
Mercedes McCambridge
Hester Madigan
Raymond Massey
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Ivan Bonar
Colonel to Dunbar
George Barrows
Mr. Meyers
John Ward
Maj. D'Andrea
Louise Sorel
Joanna Spencer
James Wainwright
Gen. Dunbar
Richard Eastham
Gen. Colton
Byron Morrow
Adm. Phillips
Maida Severn
Judy Nance
Richard Stahl
Dentist
Arthur Kennedy
Gunther Damon
Joseph Campanella
Col. Doug Henderson
Tod Andrews
President Jeremy Haines
Richard Bull
First Controller
Barbara Leigh
WAF
Peter Graves
Mark Jones
Bill Walker
Thomas
John Amos
Marine Corporal