Douglas Corrigan
— Douglas Corrigan
Eddie Quillan
— Henry Corrigan
Paul Kelly
— Butch Brannen
Robert Armstrong
— Joe Alden
Gene Reynolds
— Young Douglas Corrigan
Minor Watson
— Airport Personnel Manager
Dorothy Peterson
— Ma Corrigan
Scotty Beckett
— Young Henry Corrigan
Peggy Ryan
— Edith Corrigan
Becky Bohanon
— Young Edith Corrigan
Donald MacBride
— Roy Thompson
Cora Witherspoon
— Mamie Thompson
Spencer Charters
— Smedley
Dorothy Appleby
— Maybelle
Joyce Compton
— Sally
Roy Gordon
— Dr. Howard
Grady Sutton
— Clothing Store Sales Clerk
Marcia Mae Jones
— Teenager
Edward Gargan
— J.R. Robinson
Charles Williams
— Car Repo Man
George Chandler
— Airport Gas Attendant
Louis Jean Heydt
— Airport Spectator
Knox Manning
— Commentator
Don Barclay
— Bettor
Leon Belasco
— Russian Commentator
Frank Coghlan Jr.
— Teenager Taking Photograph
Joe Cunningham
— Second Man Grounding Doug in New York
Frank Faylen
— New York Mechanic
Ralph Graves
— First Man Grounding Doug in New York
Kenneth Harlan
— Man at New York Airport