- Robert Hays as Ted Striker
- Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as First Officer Roger Murdock
- Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
- Peter Graves as Captain Clarence Oveur
- Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack
- Lorna Patterson as Randy
- Robert Stack as Captain Rex Kramer
- Stephen Stucker as Air Traffic Controller Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
- Frank Ashmore as Victor Basta
- Jonathan Banks as Gunderson
- Craig Berenson as Paul Carey
- Barbara Billingsley as Jive Lady
- Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen
- Nicholas Pryor as Jim Hammen
- Joyce Bulifant as Mrs. Davis
- Maureen McGovern as Nun
- Kenneth Tobey as Air Controller Neubauer
- Marcy Goldman as Mrs. Geline
- Barbara Stuart as Mrs. Kramer
- Ross Harris as Joey Hammen
- Norman Alexander Gibbs as First Jive Dude
- Al White as Second Jive Dude
- David Hollander as Young Boy with Coffee
- Michelle Stacy as Young Girl with Coffee
- David Leisure as First Krishna
- Jason Wingreen as Dr. Brody
- Jill Whelan as Lisa Davis
- Ethel Merman as Lieutenant Hurwitz
- Lee Terri as Mrs. Linda Oveur
- Jimmie Walker as Windshield Wiper Man
- James Hong as Japanese General
- Howard Jarvis as Man in Taxi
- Michael Laurence as Newscaster
- Herb Voland as Air Controller Macias
- Otto as Himself
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