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
BB
Bart Burns
Secret Service White House Chief Art Corwin
JA
John Alban
Party Guest (uncredited)
MA
Monya Andre
Party Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm Atterbury
Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
WB
Walter Bacon
Reporter (uncredited)
SB
Sam Bagley
Reporter (uncredited)
Al Bain
Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
JB
John Barton
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker
Gen. Diefenbach (uncredited)
William Challee
Gen. Riley (uncredited)
DC
Dick Cherney
Reporter (uncredited)
CC
Charles Cirillo
Reporter (uncredited)
HD
Harry Denny
Party Guest (uncredited)
MD
Mimi Dillard
Mother at Dulles Airport (uncredited)
AD
Alphonso DuBois
Reporter (uncredited)
FF
Fred Fisher
Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Gale
Reporter (uncredited)
CH
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)
JJ
Jim Jacobs
Helicopter Commando (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
PK
Paul King
Party Guest (uncredited)
JLC
Joseph La Cava
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Larkin
Col. Broderick (uncredited)
Kent McCord
Presidential Aide (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Gen. Hardesty (uncredited)
WM
William Meader
Reporter (uncredited)
TM
Tina Menard
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Meredith
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
EM
Ernesto Molinari
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mullaney
Lt. Dorsey Grayson (uncredited)
JP
Joe Ploski
Reporter (uncredited)
JP
José Portugal
Party Guest (uncredited)
FR
Fred Rapport
Party Guest (uncredited)
PR
Paul Ravel
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Rich
Reporter (uncredited)
OS
Owen Song
Reporter (uncredited)
NS
Norman Stevans
Senate Commitee Member (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Stewart Dillard (uncredited)
Fredd Wayne
Henry Whitney (uncredited)
FW
Ferris Webster
Gen. Bernard "Barney" Rutkowski (uncredited)
Crew
EL
Edward Lewis
Production
EF
Ellsworth Fredericks
Camera
CWBI
Charles W. Bailey II
Writing
CO
Cary Odell
Art
Rod Serling
Writing
FW
Ferris Webster
Editing
Fletcher Knebel
Writing
Jerry Goldsmith
Sound
John Frankenheimer
Directing
John Frankenheimer
Production
Kirk Douglas
Production
DG
Dave Grayson
Costume & Make-Up
HWP
Hal W. Polaire
Production
EGB
Edward G. Boyle
Art
Sydney Guilaroff
Costume & Make-Up
BB
Bill Brame
Editing
JF
John Franco
Directing
PJP
Patrick J. Palmer
Production
Jerry Goldsmith
Sound
JM
John Mehl
Camera
FA
Frank Agnone
Art
HWP
Hal W. Polaire
Directing
WJ
Wesley Jeffries
Costume & Make-Up
JE
Joe Edmondson
Sound
RB
Richard Borland
Camera
BC
Bill Catching
Crew
Robert J. Anderson
Directing
MS
Maggie Smith
Production
SM
Sid Mintz
Costume & Make-Up
