"After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue."
Van Johnson
as Alec Brooke
June Allyson
as Nancy Frazer
Thomas Mitchell
as Capt. Thad Vail
Marilyn Maxwell
as Diana Case
Cameron Mitchell
as Lt. Joe Moore
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Alec (Age 14)
Henry Hull
as Dr. William G. Brooke
Geraldine Wall
as Mrs. Brooke
Barbara Brown
as Della Parkson
Paul Harvey
as John Case
Charles Evans
as Colonel Taylor
Ruth Brady
as Young Woman Aide (uncredited)
Don Anderson
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Farmer (uncredited)
Lois Austin
as Secretary (uncredited)
Linda Bieber
as Girl (uncredited)
Jess Cavin
Bruce Cowling
as Captain (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
as Vendor (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Phil Dunham
Paul Dunn
as Boy (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
as Woman Helper (uncredited)
Phil Friedman
Robert Gardett
Mahlon Hamilton
as Ned Flynn (uncredited)
Clarke Hardwicke
as Young Man (uncredited)
Florence Howard
as Mrs. Case (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt
as Alec - Child (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Waiter (uncredited)
Al Kikume
as Tangaroa (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Workman (uncredited)
Donald S. Lewis
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
George Magrill
Saul Martell
as Bernadino (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Bertram (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Conductor (uncredited)
Ida Moore
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Ervin Moss
as Sailor (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
as Truckman (uncredited)
Anton Northpole
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Steve Olsen
as Barker (uncredited)
Gigi Perreau
as Nancy - Age 5 (uncredited)
Frank Pharr
Lee Phelps
Mitchell Rhein
William McKeever Riley
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Clark Ross
as Circus Patron
Bob Rowe
Dick Rush
Tim Ryan
as Ringmaster (uncredited)
Carl Saxe
Jeffrey Sayre
as Night Officer of the Deck (uncredited)
Ransom M. Sherman
as Mr. Fraser (uncredited)
Robert Skelton
J. Lewis Smith
as Groundman (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
as Old Man (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Major (uncredited)
Florence Stephens
as Mrs. Fraser (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester
William Tannen
as Officer of the Deck (uncredited)
George Travell
as Man in Rain Slicker (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Bartender (uncredited)
Joan Wells
as Nancy - Age 12 (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Chill Wills
as Lars (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Charles Nordhoff
Novel
Whitfield Cook
Screenplay
James Norman Hall
Anne Morrison Chapin
Cyril Hume
Jack Conway
Director
Irene
Costume Design
Everett Riskin
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor