Norman Jewison Director, Producer Carl Reiner Walt Whittaker Actor Eva Marie Saint Elspeth Whittaker Actor Alan Arkin Lt. Rozanov Actor Brian Keith Police Chief Link Mattocks Actor Jonathan Winters Officer Norman Jones Actor Theodore Bikel The Russian Captain Actor Paul Ford Fendall Hawkins Actor Tessie O'Shea Alice Foss, Telephone Operator Actor John Phillip Law Alexei Kolchin Actor Andrea Dromm Alison Palmer Actor Ben Blue Luther Grilk Actor Sheldon Collins Pete Whittaker Actor Cindy Putnam Annie Whittaker Actor Guy Raymond Lester Tilly Actor Richard Schaal Oscar Maxwell Actor Philip Coolidge Mr. Porter Actor Don Keefer Irving Christiansen Actor Johnny Whitaker Jerry Maxwell Actor Michael J. Pollard Stanley (airplane mechanic) (uncredited) Actor Doro Merande Muriel Everett Actor Nathaniel Benchley Writer William Rose Writer Walter Mirisch Producer Johnny Mandel Original Music Joseph F. Biroc Cinematographer Hal Ashby Film Editing