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  Otto Preminger

  regizor

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  John Wayne

  Rockwell Torrey
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  Kirk Douglas

  Eddington
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  Jerry Goldsmith

  Piano player
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  Larry Hagman

  Lt. J.G. Cline
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  Christopher George

  Marinar
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  George Kennedy

  Colonel Gregory
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  Hugh O'Brian

  U.S. Army Air Corps major (Liz Eddington's lover)

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  Stanley Holloway

  Clayton Canfil
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  Burgess Meredith

  Commander Egan Powell
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  Tom Tryon

  Mac McConnell
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  Henry Fonda

  Admiral Nimitz
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  Bruce Cabot

  Quartermaster Quoddy
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  Paula Prentiss

  Beverly McConnell
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  Franchot Tone

  Admiral Kimmel

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  Otto Preminger

  Trailer Host/Narrator
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  Carroll O'Connor

  Lt. Commander Burke
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  Barbara Bouchet

  Liz Eddington
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  James Mitchum

  Ensign Griggs
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  Jill Haworth

  Ens. Annalee Dorne
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  Patricia Neal

  Lt. Maggie Haynes
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  Dana Andrews

  Admiral Broderick
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  Brandon De Wilde

  Jere
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  Slim Pickens

  C.P.O. Culpepper
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  Patrick O'Neal

  Commander Neal Owynn