Cast
- Gregory Peck as Commander Dwight Lionel Towers, USS Sawfish
- Ava Gardner as Moira Davidson, Towers' Australian love interest
- Fred Astaire as Julian Osborn, Australian scientist
- Anthony Perkins as Lieutenant Peter Holmes, Royal Australian Navy
- Donna Anderson as Mary Holmes, Peter's wife
- John Tate as Admiral Bridie, Royal Australian Navy
- Harp McGuire as Lieutenant Sunderstrom (ashore in San Diego)
- Lola Brooks as Lieutenant Hosgood, Bridie's secretary
- Ken Wayne as Lieutenant Benson
- Guy Doleman as Lieutenant Commander Farrel
- Richard Meikle as Davis
- John Meillon as Sawfish crewman Ralph Swain (ashore in San Francisco)
- Joe McCormick as Ackerman, radiation sickness victim
- Lou Vernon as Bill Davidson, Moira's father
- Kevin Brennan as Dr. King, radiation diagnosis doctor
- Basil Buller-Murphy as Sir Douglas Froude
- John Casson as Salvation Army captain
- Paddy Moran as Stevens (club wine steward)
- Grant Taylor as Morgan (Holmes party)
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