Obsada:

• Burt Lancaster Gen. James Mattoon Scott
• Kirk Douglas Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
• Fredric March President Jordan Lyman
• Ava Gardner Eleanor Holbrook
• Edmond O'Brien Sen. Raymond Clark
• Martin Balsam Paul Girard
• Andrew Duggan Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson
• Hugh Marlowe Harold McPherson
• Whit Bissell Sen. Frederick Prentice
• Helen Kleeb Esther Townsend
• George Macready Christopher Todd
• Richard Anderson Col. Murdock
• Bart Burns Art Corwin
• Malcolm Atterbury Horace, the president's physician
• Victor Buono Bit
• William Challee
• Thom Conroy
• Walter Coy
• Joseph Crehan
• Mimi Dillard Mother at Dulles Airport
• Joel Fluellen White House elevator operator
• Kevin Gregor
• Tom Harris
• Douglas Henderson
• Stuart Holmes
• John Houseman Vice-Adm. Farley C. Barnswell
• Colette Jackson Bar Girl
• John Larkin Col. Broderick
• Michael Masters
• Tyler McVey Gen. Hardesty
• Charles Meredith Senate Committee Member
• Jack Mullaney LTJG Dorsey Grayson
• Leonard Nimoy
• Joyce Nizzari
• Hildy Parks
• Bill Raisch
• Irvin Richardson
• Joe Walls
• Charles Watts Stewart Dillard
• Ferris Webster Gen. Bernard 'Barney' Rutkowski
• Mike West