Fred MacMurray
— Eddie Rickenbacker
Lynn Bari
— Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker
Charles Bickford
— William Rickenbacker
Thomas Mitchell
— Ike Howard
Lloyd Nolan
— Lt. Jim Whitaker
James Gleason
— Tom Clark
Spring Byington
— Mrs. Frost
Mary Philips
— Elsie Rickenbacker
Darryl Hickman
— Eddie Rickenbacker as a boy
Dwayne Hickman
— Louis Rickenbacker
Richard Conte
— Pvt. John Bartek
Stanley Ridges
— Col. Hans Adamson
Dorothy Adams
— Nurse
Mary Gordon
— Mrs. Westrom
Virginia Brissac
— Flo Clark
Charles Russell
— Sgt. Jim Reynolds
Clem Bevans
— Jabez
Grady Sutton
— Lester Thomas
Chick Chandler
— Richard Lacey
Nancy June Robinson
— Mary Rickenbacker
Winifred Glyn
— Emma Rickenbacker
Gregory Marshall
— Dewey Rickenbacker
David Spencer
— Albert Rickenbacker
Elvin Field
— Bill Rickenbacker
George Mitchell
— Lt. Johnny De Angelis
Boyd Davis
— Mr. Frost
Don Garner
— Sgt. Alex
Joseph J. Greene
— Dinkenspiel
Olin Howland
— Census Taker
Robert Malcolm
— Mr. Foley