Cast
Fred MacMurray
Ned Brainard
Nancy Olson
Betsy Carlisle
Keenan Wynn
Alonzo P. Hawk
Tommy Kirk
Biff Hawk
Leon Ames
Rufus Daggett
Elliott Reid
Shelby Ashton
Edward Andrews
Defense Secretary
David Lewis
General Singer
Jack Mullaney
Air Force Captain
Belle Montrose
Mrs. Chatsworth
Wally Brown
Coach Elkins
Wally Boag
TV newsman
Forrest Lewis
Officer Kelley
James Westerfield
Officer Hanson
Alan Carney
Referee #1
Gage Clarke
Reverend Bosworth
Alan Hewitt
General Hotchkiss
Raymond Bailey
Admiral Olmstead
Wendell Holmes
General Poynter
Ed Wynn
(1886–1966)
Fire Chief
Bess Flowers
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Paul Frees
(1920–1986)
PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ralph Clanton
O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Directing
Robert Stevenson
(I)
(1905–1986)
Director
Robert G. Shannon
Assistant Director
Writing
Samuel W. Taylor
Story
Art
Emile Kuri
(1907–2000)
Set Decoration
Carroll Clark
(I)
(1894–1968)
Art Direction
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
Camera
Edward Colman
(1905–1995)
Director of Photography
Crew
Eustace Lycett
(1914–2006)
Special Effects
Peter Ellenshaw
(1913–2007)
Special Effects
Robert A. Mattey
Special Effects
Joshua Meador
Special Effects
Bob Herron
Stunts
Production
Bill Walsh
(I)
(1913–1975)
Associate Producer
Walt Disney
(1901–1966)
Producer
Costume & Make-Up
Pat McNalley
(1916–1966)
Makeup Artist
Editing
Cotton Warburton
(1911–1982)
Editor
Sound
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
Robert O. Cook
Sound Supervisor