John Wayne

Michael "Guns" Donovan

Elizabeth Allen

Ameilia Dedham

Lee Marvin

Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

Cesar Romero

Andre de Lage

Mike Mazurki

Monk Menkowicz

Jack Warden

William Dedham

Jacqueline Malouf

Lelani Dedham

Jeffrey Byron

Luki Dedham

Dorothy Lamour

Miss Lafleur

Marcel Dalio

Father Cluzeot

Dick Foran

Sean O'Brien

Edgar Buchanan

Francis O'Brien

Mae Marsh

Family Council Member (uncredited)

Ron Nyman

Naval Officer (uncredited)

Sara Taft

Family Council Member (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Festus

John Alderson

Officer (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

John Qualen

Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)

Charles Seel

Grand Uncle Sedley Atterbury Pennyfeather (uncredited)

Patrick Wayne

Australian Navy Lieutenant (uncredited)