Jack Conway Director, Producer Robert Montgomery Lt. Thomas Knowlton USN Actor Walter Huston Lt. Cmdr. T.J. Toler USN Actor Madge Evans Joan Actor Jimmy Durante Ptomaine - Ship's Cook Actor Eugene Pallette Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man Actor Robert Young Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters Actor Edwin Styles Herbert Standish - Flight Comander Actor John Lee Mahin Lieut. (JG) 'Speed' Nelson Actor, Screenwriter David Newell Lieut. (JG) Radford Actor Sterling Holloway Seaman Jenks Actor Charles Irwin Buck Teeth Sergeant Actor Laird Doyle Screenwriter Raymond L. Schrock Screenwriter John Meehan Screenwriter William Axt Original Music Harold Rosson Cinematographer Hal C. Kern Film Editing Cedric Gibbons Art Director