Ensign Alan Drake

Robert Taylor

Squadron Commander Billy Gary

Walter Pidgeon

Lorna Gary

Ruth Hussey

Lieut. Jerry Banning

Shepperd Strudwick

Lieut. Cmdr. "Dusty" Rhodes

Paul Kelly

Lieut. "Mugger" Martin

Red Skelton

C.P.O. `Spike' Knowles

Nat Pendleton

Lieut. "Stichy" Payne

Dick Purcell

Lieut. Freddy Townsend

William Tannen

Lieut. Bush

William Stelling

Lieut. Frost

Stanley Smith

Vice-Admiral

Addison Richards

First Duty Officer

Don Douglas

Second Duty Officer

Pat Flaherty

Captain

Forbes Murray

Claire

Marsha Hunt

Hell Cat

Cliff Danielson

Jung

Lee Tung Foo

Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Hell Cat

Bob Davis

North Island Tower Operator (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Hell Cat (uncredited)

Jack Luden

Admiral's Aide (uncredited)

Reed Hadley

Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Gogo, Officer's Club Attendant

Otto Han

Hell Cat

Hal Le Sueur

Hell Cat (uncredited)

John Raitt

North Island Tower Operator (voice)

James Millican

Waiter

Alberto Morin

Hell Cat

Tom Neal

Small Sailor on Downed Seaplane

George Offerman

Small Sailor on Downed Seaplane

George Offerman, Jr.

Mrs. Frost

Claire Owen

Officer on Downed Seaplane

Walter Sande

Officer on Downed Seaplane

James Seay

Friendly Mechanic

John Sheehan

Doctor

Gayne Whitman

Hell Cat

Gilbert Wilson

Hell Cat

Bruce Edwards

Hell Cat

Howard Wilson