Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager at Lincoln International Airport in nearby Chicago, Illinois
- Dean Martin as Vernon Demerest, checkride captain for Trans Global Airlines (TGA)
- Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston, public relations agent for TGA
- Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, chief stewardess for TGA's "Golden Argosy"
- George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, chief mechanic for Trans World Airlines TWA at Lincoln International, on loan to TGA
- Helen Hayes as Mrs. Ada Quonsett, stowaway
- Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, failed contractor, and bomber of The Golden Argosy; Heflin's final cinematic role
- Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero, wife of D.O. Guerrero
- Barry Nelson as Anson Harris, TGA line captain
- Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, wife of Mel Bakersfeld
- Lloyd Nolan as Standish, head of U.S. Customs at Lincoln International
- Barbara Hale as Sarah Demerest (sister of Mel Bakersfeld, wife of Vern Demerest)
- Gary Collins as Cy Jordan, second officer/flight engineer
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