| Directed by |
John Frankenheimer |
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| Screenplay by |
Rod Serling |
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| Cast: | ||
| Gen. James Mattoon Scott | Burt Lancaster | |
| Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey | Kirk Douglas | |
| President Jordan Lyman | Fedric March | |
| Eleanor Holbrook | Ava Gardner | |
| Sen. Raymond Clark | Edmond O'Brien | |
| Paul Girard | Martin Balsam | |
| Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson | Andrew Duggan | |
| Harold McPherson | Hugh Marlowe | |
| Sen. Frederick Prentice | Whit Bissell | |
| Christopher Todd | George Macready | |
| Col. Murdock | Richard Anderson | |
| Horace - White House Physician | Malcolm Atterbury | |
| Col. Broderick | John Larkin | |
| Airline Announcer / Presidential News Conference Announcer (voice) | Bill Baldwin | |
| Gen. Riley | William Challee | |
| Minor Role | Stuart Holmes | |
| Vice-Adm. Farley C. Barnswell | John Houseman | |
| Senate Committee Member | Charles Meredith | |
| Minor Role | Bill Raisch | |
| William Bendix | ||
| Produced by |
Edward Lewis |
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| Music composed by |
Jerry Goldsmith |
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| Year: | 1964 | |
| Running time: | 118 minutes | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Language: | English | |