James Cagney

Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

Dennis Weaver

Andy Lowe

Ward Costello

Harry Black

Vaughn Taylor

Mike Pulaski

Richard Jaeckel

Roy Webb

Les Tremayne

Frank Enright

Walter Sande

Horace Keys ("Doc")

Karl Swenson

Bill Bailey

Richard Carlyle

Father Gehring

Carl Benton Reid

Robert Ghormley

William Schallert

Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.

Raymond Bailey

Vandergrift

Leon Lontoc

Manuel

Robert Burton

Roy Geiger

Harry Landers

Joseph Foss

Robert Montgomery

Narration (American scenes)

Carleton Young

Colonel Evans Carlson

James Yagi

Rear Admiral Jiro Kobe

Nelson Leigh

Adm. Dan Callaghan (uncredited)

John McKee

Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

Selmer Jackson

Frank Latimore

Herbert Lytton

Tyler McVey

Stuart Randall

William Schallert

Arthur Tovey

John Zaremba