Cast
- Cary Grant as Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Matthew T. "Matt" Sherman, USN
- Tony Curtis as Lieutenant JG (later Commander USN) Nicholas "Nick" Holden, USNR
- Joan O'Brien as Second Lieutenant Dolores Crandall, NC, USA
- Dina Merrill as Second Lieutenant Barbara Duran, NC, USA
- Gene Evans as Chief Petty Officer Molumphry, USN
- Dick Sargent as ENS Stovall, USN (listed as Richard Sargent)
- Arthur O'Connell as Chief Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin, USN
- Virginia Gregg as Major Edna Heywood NC, USA, the nurses' commander
- Robert F. Simon as Captain J.B. Henderson, USN
- Robert Gist as Lieutenant Watson, USN
- Gavin MacLeod as Seaman Ernest Hunkle, USN
- George Dunn as The Prophet (of Doom)
- Dick Crockett as Petty Officer Harmon, USN
- Madlyn Rhue as Second Lieutenant Reid, NC, USA
- Marion Ross as Second Lieutenant Colfax, NC, USA
- Clarence Lung as Sergeant Ramon Gillardo, USMC (as Clarence E. Lung)
- Frankie Darro as Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class Dooley, USN
- Tony Pastor Jr. as Fox
- Robert F. Hoy as Reiner
- Nicky Blair as Seaman Kraus
- John W. Morley as Williams
- Ray Austin as Seaman Austin
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