"A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces."
Gary Cooper
as Col. Billy Mitchell
Charles Bickford
as Gen. Jimmy Guthrie
Ralph Bellamy
as Congressman Frank R. Reid
Rod Steiger
as Maj. Allan Guillion
Elizabeth Montgomery
as Margaret Lansdowne
Fred Clark
as Col. Moreland
James Daly
as Lt. Col. Herbert White
Jack Lord
as Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne
Peter Graves
as Capt. Bob Elliott
Darren McGavin
as Capt. Russ Peters
Robert F. Simon
as Admiral Gage
Charles Dingle
as Senator Fullerton
Dayton Lummis
as General Douglas MacArthur
Tom McKee
as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Stephen Roberts
as Major Carl Spaatz
Herbert Heyes
as General John J. Pershing
Robert Brubaker
as Major H. H. Arnold
Phil Arnold
as Fiorello LaGuardia
Ian Wolfe
as President Calvin Coolidge
Will Wright
as Admiral William S. Sims
Gregory Walcott
as Howard Millikan
Otto Preminger
Director
Douglas Keeney
Technical Advisor
Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Russell Saunders
Second Unit Director
Jack McEdward
Assistant Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Stanley Jones
Sound
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Emmet Lavery
Screenplay
Milton Sperling
Producer
Folmar Blangsted
Editor
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Malcolm C. Bert
Art Direction
William L. Kuehl
Set Decoration
Story