Burt Lancaster (1st Sgt. Milton Warden), Montgomery Clift (Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt), Deborah Kerr (Karen Holmes), Donna Reed (Alma 'Lorene' Burke), Frank Sinatra (Pvt. Angelo Maggio), Philip Ober (Capt. Dana Holmes), Mickey Shaughnessy (Cpl. Leva) more..., Harry Bellaver (Pvt. Mazzioli), Ernest Borgnine (Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson), Jack Warden (Cpl. Buckley), John Dennis (Sgt. Ike Galovitch), Merle Travis (Sal Anderson), Tim Ryan (Sgt. Pete Karelsen), Arthur Keegan (Treadwell), Barbara Morrison (Mrs. Kipfer), Claude Akins (Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)), Don Dubbins (Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)), Kristine Miller (Georgette (uncredited)), George Reeves (Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)), Jean Willes (Annette (uncredited))

James Jones (Novel), Daniel Taradash (Screenplay), George Duning (Original Music Composer), Burnett Guffey (Director of Photography), Floyd Crosby (Director of Photography), William A. Lyon (Editor), Buddy Adler (Producer) more..., James Jones (Screenplay), Jean Louis (Costume Design), Morris Stoloff (Music Director), James Jones (Songs), Fred Karger (Songs), Robert Wells (Songs), Cary Odell (Art Direction), Frank Tuttle (Set Decoration), Earl Bellamy (Assistant Director), Kendall J. Fielder (Other), Clay Campbell (Makeup Artist), Helen Hunt (Hairstylist), Lodge Cunningham (Sound Engineer), Arthur Morton (Orchestrator), Maxwell Arnow (Casting Director), Harold Lee (Sound Recordist),