"An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason."
Glenn Ford
as Sam McBane
Jane Russell
as Self
Rod Taylor
as Captain Jack Savage
Suzanne Pleshette
as Martha Webster
Nancy Kwan
as Sally Fraser
Wally Cox
as Ralph Bundy
Nehemiah Persoff
as Ben Sawyer
Mark Stevens
as Mickey Doolan
Max Showalter
as Dan Crawford
Constance Towers
as Peg Burke
Howard St. John
as Mark Hutchins
Robert J. Wilke
as Stillman
Bert Freed
as Dillon
Dort Clark
as Ted Wilson
Mary Wickes
as Mrs. Llewlyn
Robert F. Simon
as Proctor
Stanley Adams
as Bernie (uncredited)
Robert Adler
as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Don Ames
as Party Guest (uncredited)
François André
as Technician (uncredited)
Al Bain
as Inquiry Board Spectator (uncredited)
Evadne Baker
as Secretary (uncredited)
Tony Barr
as Coordinator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
David Bedell
Jim Boles
as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Rusty Burrell
as News Reporter (uncredited)
Marianna Case
as D'Arcy (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
as Soldier (uncredited)
Booth Colman
Paul Cristo
Sayre Dearing
George DeNormand
as Board Member (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
George Dockstader
as Policeman (uncredited)
Bob Duggan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Kort Falkenberg
as Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
George Ford
as Loadmaster (uncredited)
Peter Ford
as Attendant (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
as Airline Employee (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
as Art Baldwin (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
as Inspector (uncredited)
Pitt Herbert
as Man (uncredited)
George Holmes
Joseph Hoover
as Newsman (uncredited)
John Hubbard
as Al Robbins (uncredited)
Charles Irving
as Inquiry Board Chairman (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Morgan Justin
as TV Camera Crewman (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
as Supervisor (uncredited)
John Lawrence
as Priest (uncredited)
Paul Lukather
Dorothy Malone
as Lisa Bond (uncredited)
William Meader
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Laurie Mitchell
as Bar Hostess (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Paulene Myers
as Mother (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
as Bob (uncredited)
Joe Patridge
as First Officer Murray (uncredited)
Charles Perry
Paul Power
Anthony Redondo
Marshall Reed
Tony Regan
Edward Rickard
Christopher Riordan
as Soldier in Audience (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Jerry Rush
Mark Russell
Cosmo Sardo
Jeffrey Sayre
Joe Scott
as Controller (uncredited)
James Secrest
as Orderly (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
John Stevens
Harry Swoger
as Airport Employee (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ralph Thomas
Paul Trinka
as WWII Navigator (uncredited)
Blaine Turner
Richard Walsh
as Radio Newsman (uncredited)
Arch Whiting
Harry Wilson
Ralph Nelson
Director
Ernest K. Gann
Novel
Harold Medford
Screenplay
Aaron Rosenberg
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Walter M. Scott
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
Hilyard M. Brown
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Robert L. Simpson
Editor