柯克·道格拉斯 Kirk Douglas ....Capt. Matthew Yelland
马丁·辛 Martin Sheen ....Warren Lasky
凯瑟琳·罗斯 Katharine Ross ....Laurel Scott
James Farentino ....Wing Commander Richard T. Owens/Mr Richard Tideman
Ron O'Neal ....Commander Dan Thurman
查尔斯·德恩 Charles Durning ....Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica ....Black Cloud
James C. Lawrence ....Lt. Perry
吴顺泰 Soon-Tek Oh ....Simura (captured Japanese pilot) (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Joe Lowry ....Damon
Alvin Ing ....Kajima
Mark Thomas ....Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman ....Bellman
Dan Fitzgerald ....Ship's doctor
洛伊德·考夫曼 Lloyd Kaufman ....Lt. Cmdr. [Lloyd] Kaufman
Peter Douglas ....Quartermaster
Ted Richert ....Tideman's assistant
George Warren ....Tideman's bodyguard
Gary Morgan ....Helicopter crewman
Phil Philbin ....Admiral
Robert Goodman ....Enlisted man
理查德·雷伯蒂 Richard Liberty ....Lt. Cmdr. Moss
Neil Ronco ....Harvey
Bill Couch ....Durrell (as William Couch)
Jack McDermott ....Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki ....Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr. ....Air Boss
Ronald R. Stoops ....Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski ....Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik ....Crewman
Jake Dennis ....Helicopter pilot
Jim Toone ....Helicopter co-pilot
Edward J. Deats ....Chief
Robert L. Huffman ....Radio operator
James R. Augustus ....Officer of the Deck
Sam P. Baldwin ....Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis ....Captain's aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher ....Enlisted man
Wayne L. Flesher ....Enlisted man
William S. Frost ....Enlisted man
David H. Signor ....Enlisted man
Tommy Abel ....USS Nimitz crew
Andrew Akerson ....USS Nimitz crew
Edward Andrews ....USS Nimitz crew
Nick L. Anelli ....USS Nimitz crew
Frank R. Arko ....USS Nimitz crew
Emory W. Brown ....USS Nimitz crew
Michael K. Balint ....USS Nimitz crew
James Bulick ....USS Nimitz crew
Andris Dambekaln ....USS Nimitz crew
John T. Davis ....USS Nimitz crew
Michael A. Davis ....USS Nimitz crew
James A. Dennis Jr. ....USS Nimitz crew
Frank D. Ramio ....USS Nimitz crew
Jerry D. Elliott ....USS Nimitz crew
Richard Farrell ....USS Nimitz crew
James W. Huston ....F-14 Pilot (as James W. Houston)
Richard M. Johnson ....USS Nimitz crew
Ronald Kissel ....USS Nimitz crew
Michael J. Kubat ....USS Nimitz crew
Raymond P. Langley ....USS Nimitz crew
Eric Lofquist ....USS Nimitz crew
Kermit L. McCorble ....USS Nimitz crew
Robert K. Miller ....USS Nimitz crew
William H. Miller ....USS Nimitz crew
Gerry Mountcastle ....USS Nimitz crew
William McCluskey ....USS Nimitz crew
Alan Mullen ....USS Nimitz crew
Charles F. Myers ....USS Nimitz crew
Jeffery L. Myers ....USS Nimitz crew
Randy M. Olin ....USS Nimitz crew
David F. Person ....USS Nimitz crew
Raymond M. Reynaud ....USS Nimitz crew
Daniel C. Rockwell ....USS Nimitz crew
Francis Ross ....USS Nimitz crew
Trevor R. Sandison ....USS Nimitz crew
Gregory T. Swarney ....USS Nimitz crew
Andrey Swystun ....USS Nimitz crew
Christopher V. Totis ....USS Nimitz crew
Mark Trenor ....USS Nimitz crew
Brian Tyndall ....USS Nimitz crew
Peter D. Vogt ....USS Nimitz crew
David Wanamaker ....USS Nimitz crew
Stephen G. Weaver ....USS Nimitz crew
Jan P. Werson ....USS Nimitz crew
Steven G. Williams ....USS Nimitz crew
Aaron B. Wilson ....USS Nimitz crew
Michael Wilson ....USS Nimitz crew
David Young ....USS Nimitz crew
Orwin C. Harvey ....Harvey, of Senator Chapman´s yacht (uncredited)