Cast (32)

John Wayne

Captain Dooley

Lloyd Nolan

Captain Stutz

Walter Abel

Col. Fuller

James Arness

Mac McMullen

Andy Devine

Willie Moon

Allyn Joslyn

J.H. Handy

Jimmy Lydon

Murray, Dooley's navigator

Harry Carey, Jr.

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Hal Baylor

Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

Sean McClory

Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

Wally Cassell

D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman

Gordon Jones

Walrus

Frank Fenton

Captain Turner

Robert Keys

Major Ditson

Sumner Getchell

Lieutenant Cord

Regis Toomey

Sergeant Harper

Paul Fix

Wally Miller

Jim Dugan

Gidley

George Chandler

Rene

Louis Jean Heydt

Fitch

Bob Steele

Wilson

Darryl Hickman

Swanson

Mike Connors

Gainer

Cass Gidley

Stannish

Herbert Anderson

Breezy

Anthony De Mario

Ogden

Ann Doran

Moon's Wife (uncredited)

Fess Parker

Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)

William A. Wellman

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dawn Bender

Murray's Wife

Carl Switzer

Sonny Hopper

Billy Lee Aimone

Boy (uncredited)

Crew (23)

William A. Wellman

Director

Emil Newman

Original Music Composer

John Wayne

Producer

Ernest K. Gann

Novel

Robert Fellows

Producer

Archie Stout

Director of Photography

Ralph Dawson

Editor

Ernest K. Gann

Screenplay

James Basevi

Art Direction

Joseph La Bella

Property Master

Ralph S. Hurst

Set Decoration

Web Overlander

Makeup Artist

William H. Clothier

Aerial Camera

Andrew V. McLaglen

Assistant Director

Don Christy

Still Photographer

Nate H. Edwards

Production Manager

Carl Walker

Wardrobe Supervisor

Ernest K. Gann

Technical Advisor

Alex Weldon

Special Effects

William A. Mueller

Sound

Sam Freedle

Script Supervisor

Earl Crain Sr.

Sound Recordist

Ed Borschell

Sound Recordist