John Wayne

Captain Dooley

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Lloyd Nolan

Captain Stutz

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Walter Abel

Col. Fuller

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James Arness

Mac McMullen

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Andy Devine

Willie Moon

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Allyn Joslyn

J.H. Handy

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Jimmy Lydon

Murray, Dooley's navigator

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Harry Carey, Jr.

Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

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Hal Baylor

Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

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Sean McClory

Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot

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Wally Cassell

D'Annunzia, Dooley's radioman

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Gordon Jones

Walrus

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Frank Fenton

Captain Turner

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Robert Keys

Major Ditson

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Sumner Getchell

Lieutenant Cord

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Regis Toomey

Sergeant Harper

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Paul Fix

Wally Miller

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Jim Dugan

Gidley

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George Chandler

Rene

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Louis Jean Heydt

Fitch

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Bob Steele

Wilson

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Darryl Hickman

Swanson

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Mike Connors

Gainer

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Cass Gidley

Stannish

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Herbert Anderson

Breezy

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Anthony De Mario

Ogden

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Ann Doran

Moon's Wife (uncredited)

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Fess Parker

Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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William A. Wellman

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Dawn Bender

Murray's Wife

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Carl Switzer

Sonny Hopper

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Billy Lee Aimone

Boy (uncredited)

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