Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle

Spencer Tracy

Capt. Ted Lawson

Van Johnson

David Thatcher

Robert Walker

Ellen Lawson

Phyllis Thaxter

Dean Davenport

Tim Murdock

Davey Jones

Scott McKay

Charles McClure

Don DeFore

Bob Gray

Robert Mitchum

Bob Clever

Gordon McDonald

'Doc' White

Stephen McNally

Lieut. Miller

Louis Jean Heydt

'Shorty' Manch

John R. Reilly

Lieut. Jurika

Leon Ames

Captain "Ski" York

Paul Langton

Bud Felton

Bill Williams

Lieut. Randall

Donald Curtis

Don Smith

William 'Bill' Phillips

Don Smith

William Phillips

Bob Clever

Herbert Gunn

'Brick' Holstrom

Douglas Cowan

Girl in Officers' Club

Eve Whitney

Dick Joyce (uncredited)

Jack McClendon

General (uncredited)

Moroni Olsen

'Jig' White

Robert Bice

Young Dr. Chung

Benson Fong

Old Chung

Hsin Kung Chuan Chi

Jane

Dorothy Morris

Guerrilla Charlie

Ching Wah Lee

Mrs. Parker

Ann Shoemaker

Mr. Parker

Alan Napier

Foo Ling

Wah Lee

Emmy York

Jacqueline White

Mrs. Reynolds

Selena Royle

C-47 Transport Pilot (uncredited)

John Kellogg

Spike Henderson

Peter Varney

Adm. William F. Halsey - Captain of the 'Hornet' (uncredited)

Morris Ankrum

MP Corporal (uncredited)

Steve Brodie

Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Johnny Duncan

Sgt. Williams (uncredited)

Charles Gordon

Judge

Harry Hayden

Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)

Blake Edwards

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)

Peggy Maley

Hoss Wyler

Will Walls

Hallmark

Jay Norris

Deck Officer (uncredited)

Arthur Space

Lt. Smith's Crewman (uncredited)

John James

Sailor (uncredited)

Wally Cassell

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)

Hazel Brooks

Pilot Singer (uncredited)

Carlyle Blackwell Jr.

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)

Noreen Nash

Myrna Dell

Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)

John Dehner

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)

Elaine Shepard

Townsman (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Girls in Officers' Club

Kay Williams

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)

Karin Booth

June Allyson

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Richard Wang