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Directed By
Sidney Lumet
Written By
Walter Bernstein
screenplay
Eugene Burdick
from the novel by
Harvey Wheeler
from the novel by
Peter George
Writer
Cast
Dan O'Herlihy
Gen. Black
Walter Matthau
Dr. Groeteschele
Frank Overton
Gen. Bogan
Edward Binns
Col. Grady
Fritz Weaver
Col. Cascio
Henry Fonda
The President
Larry Hagman
Buck
William Hansen
Secretary Swenson
Russell Hardie
Gen. Stark
Russell Collins
Knapp
Sorrell Booke
Congressman Raskob
Nancy Berg
Ilsa Wolfe
John Connell
Thomas
Frank Simpson
Sullivan
Hildy Parks
Betty Black
Janet Ward
Mrs. Grady
Dom DeLuise
Sgt. Collins
Dana Elcar
Foster
Stewart Germain
Mr. Cascio
Louise Larabee
Mrs. Cascio
Frieda Altman
Jennie
Robert Gerringer
Pilot playing pool with Col. Grady
Geri Miller
Go-Go Dancer
Herman Rudin
Bit Part
Charles Tyner
Jet Fighter Pilot
Will Wright
Bit Part
Produced By
Charles H. Maguire
associate producer
Max E. Youngstein
producer
Cinematography
Gerald Hirschfeld
director of photography
Sound
Jack Fitzstephens
sound editor
William Swift
sound mixer
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Ralph Rosenblum
film editor
Art Direction
Albert Brenner
Set Design
J.C. Delaney
Set Decorator
Costumes
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Designer
Makeup
Harry Buchman
makeup
Bill Herman
makeup department head
Assistant Director
Harry Falk
assistant director
Other
Lillian Michelson
researcher
Camera Department
Howard Fortune
chief electrician
Edward Knott
chief grip
Albert Taffet
camera operator
Script Department
Marguerite James
continuity
Eugene Burdick
script consultant
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