"American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral."
James Garner
as Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison
Julie Andrews
as Emily Barham
Melvyn Douglas
as Admiral William Jessup
James Coburn
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
Joyce Grenfell
as Mrs. Barham
Edward Binns
as Admiral Thomas Healy
Liz Fraser
as Sheila
Keenan Wynn
as Old Sailor
William Windom
as Captain Harry Spaulding
John Crawford
as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Douglas Henderson
as Captain Marvin Ellender
Edmon Ryan
as Admiral Hoyle
Steve Franken
as Young Sailor
Paul Newlan
as General William Hallerton
Gary Cockrell
as Lieutenant Victor Wade
Alan Sues
as Enright
Bill Fraser
as Port Commander
Lou Byrne
as Nurse Captain
Alan Howard
as Port Ensign
Linda Marlowe
as Pat
Janine Gray
as 1st "Nameless Broad"
Judy Carne
as 2nd "Nameless Broad"
Kathy Kersh
as 3rd "Nameless Broad"
Larry Billman
as Sailor (uncredited)
Carol Cleveland
as Army Driver (uncredited)
Luis Delgado
as Marine on Landing Craft (uncredited)
Paul Genge
as Officer (uncredited)
Jim Jacobs
as Navy Aircrewman (uncredited)
Bob Johnson
as Documentary Narration (voice) (uncredited)
Kent McCord
as Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Raine
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sharon Tate
as Girl (uncredited)
Red West
Arthur Hiller
Director
Paddy Chayefsky
Screenplay
William Bradford Huie
Novel
Tom McAdoo
Editor
Martin Ransohoff
Producer
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
William Tuttle
Makeup Supervisor
Webster C. Phillips
John Calley
Associate Producer
Al Shenberg
Assistant Director
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Hans Peters
Robert R. Benton
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Irene Howard
Casting
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Elliot Scott