Cast
- Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson
- Robert Wagner as Lieutenant Ed Boland
- Shirley Anne Field as Daphne Caldwell
- Gary Cockrell as 2nd Lieutenant Marty Lynch
- Michael Crawford as Sergeant Junior Sailen, a member of Rickson's crew
- Ed Bishop as Col. Vogt
- Bernard Braden as Flight Surgeon Randall
Actor Warren Beatty turned down the role of Rickson. This was Michael Crawford's fourth film role. Crawford later became famous for playing the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.
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