Cast
Burt Lancaster
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Fredric March
President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner
Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien
Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam
Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan
Col. William "Mud" Henderson
Hugh Marlowe
Harold McPherson
Whit Bissell
Sen. Frederick Prentice
Helen Kleeb
Esther Townsend
George Macready
Christopher Todd
Richard Anderson
Col. Murdock
Bart Burns
Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
John Alban
Party Guest (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Party Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
Reporter (uncredited)
Al Bain
Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
John Barton
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker
Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)
William Challee
Gen. Riley (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mimi Dillard
Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Gale
Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Reporter (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
John Houseman
Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Capt. Ortega (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Diner Operator (uncredited)
Colette Jackson
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Jim Jacobs
Helicopter Commando (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Paul King
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Larkin
Col. Broderick (uncredited)
Kent McCord
Presidential Aide (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Gen. Hardesty (uncredited)
William Meader
Reporter (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mullaney
Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Reporter (uncredited)
José Portugal
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Ravel
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Rich
Reporter (uncredited)
Owen Song
Reporter (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Senate Commitee Member (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Stewart Dillard (uncredited)
Fredd Wayne
Henry Whitney (uncredited)
Ferris Webster
Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited)
Crew
John Frankenheimer
Director
(Directing)
Fletcher Knebel
Novel
(Writing)
Charles W. Bailey II
Novel
(Writing)
Rod Serling
Screenplay
(Writing)
Edward Lewis
Producer
(Production)
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Ferris Webster
Editor
(Editing)
Cary Odell
Production Design
(Art)
John Frankenheimer
Co-Executive Producer
(Production)
Kirk Douglas
Co-Executive Producer
(Production)
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
(Art)
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Hal W. Polaire
Production Manager
(Production)
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Hal W. Polaire
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Patrick J. Palmer
Location Manager
(Production)
John Franco
Script Supervisor
(Directing)
John Mehl
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Richard Borland
Key Grip
(Camera)
Frank Agnone
Property Master
(Art)
Wesley Jeffries
Costumer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
(Sound)
Bill Brame
Assistant Editor
(Editing)
Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor
(Sound)
Bill Catching
Stunts
(Crew)
Robert J. Anderson
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Maggie Smith
Production Secretary
(Production)
Sid Mintz
Wardrobe Designer
(Costume & Make-Up)