James Cagney

Character: Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

Dennis Weaver

Character: Andy Lowe

Ward Costello

Character: Harry Black

Vaughn Taylor

Character: Mike Pulaski

Richard Jaeckel

Character: Roy Webb

Les Tremayne

Character: Frank Enright

Walter Sande

Character: Horace Keys ("Doc")

Karl Swenson

Character: Bill Bailey

Richard Carlyle

Character: Father Gehring

Carl Benton Reid

Character: Robert Ghormley

William Schallert

Character: Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.

Raymond Bailey

Character: Vandergrift

Leon Lontoc

Character: Manuel

Robert Burton

Character: Roy Geiger

Harry Landers

Character: Joseph Foss

Robert Montgomery

Character: Narration (American scenes)

Art Gilmore

Character: Narration (Japanese scenes)

Carleton Young

Character: Colonel Evans Carlson

James Yagi

Character: Rear Admiral Jiro Kobe

Nelson Leigh

Character: Adm. Dan Callaghan (uncredited)

Sydney Smith

Character: Rear Admiral Norm Scott (uncredited)

Maggie Magennis

Character: Red Cross Nurse Young (uncredited)

John McKee

Character: Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

Character:

Selmer Jackson

Character:

Jim Jacobs

Character:

Frank Latimore

Character:

Herbert Lytton

Character:

Tyler McVey

Character:

Robert Montgomery Jr.

Character:

Rollin Moriyama

Character:

Stuart Randall

Character:

William Schallert

Character:

Arthur Tovey

Character:

John Zaremba

Character: