 | Michael Rennie | .... | Klaatu |
 | Patricia Neal | .... | Helen Benson |
 | Hugh Marlowe | .... | Tom Stevens |
 | Sam Jaffe | .... | Professor Jacob Barnhardt |
 | Billy Gray | .... | Bobby Benson |
 | Frances Bavier | .... | Mrs. Barley |
 | Lock Martin | .... | Gort |
 | Holly Bane | .... | Army Captain (uncredited) |
 | Marshall Bradford | .... | Chief of Staff (uncredited) |
 | John Brown | .... | Mr. George Barley (uncredited) |
 | John Burton | .... | British Radio M.C (uncredited) |
 | Wheaton Chambers | .... | Mr. Bleeker, Diamonds (uncredited) |
 | John Close | .... | Captain (uncredited) |
 | Frank Conroy | .... | Mr. Harley (uncredited) |
 | Eric Corrie | .... | British Soldier (uncredited) |
 | John Costello | .... | Cockney (uncredited) |
 | James Craven | .... | Businessman (uncredited) |
 | Marjorie Crossland | .... | Hilda (uncredited) |
 | Jack Daly | .... | Bit Man (uncredited) |
 | Elmer Davis | .... | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Lawrence Dobkin | .... | Army physician (uncredited) |
 | Jim Doyle | .... | A doctor (uncredited) |
 | Charles Evans | .... | Major general (uncredited) |
 | Edith Evanson | .... | Mrs. Crockett (uncredited) |
 | Michael Ferris | .... | British Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Elizabeth Flournoy | .... | Jewelry clerk (uncredited) |
 | Grady Galloway | .... | American Radar Operator (uncredited) |
 | Bill Gentry | .... | Sentry (uncredited) |
 | Glenn Hardy | .... | Interviewer (uncredited) |
 | Harry Harvey | .... | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
 | Gabriel Heatter | .... | Himself, Voice (uncredited) |
 | Gil Herman | .... | Government agent (uncredited) |
 | H. V. Kaltenborn | .... | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Hassan Khayyam | .... | Indian Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
 | Harry Lauter | .... | Platoon Leader (uncredited) |
 | Freeman Lusk | .... | General Cutler (uncredited) |
 | George Lynn | .... | Colonel Ryder (uncredited) |
 | Herbert Lytton | .... | Brigadier General (uncredited) |
 | Michael Mahoney | .... | Sentry (uncredited) |
 | David McMahon | .... | Air Force sergeant (welder) (uncredited) |
 | Tyler McVey | .... | Brady, Gvt. Agent (uncredited) |
 | Millard Mitchell | .... | General Cutler's Voice (uncredited) |
 | Howard Negley | .... | Colonel (uncredited) |
 | Dorothy Neumann | .... | Margaret (uncredited) |
 | Sammy Ogg | .... | Boy (uncredited) |
 | Robert Osterloh | .... | Army physician (uncredited) |
 | Gayle Pace | .... | Captain (uncredited) |
 | Drew Pearson | .... | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Ted Pearson | .... | Colonel (uncredited) |
 | House Peters, Jr. | .... | MP Captain (uncredited) |
 | John M. Reed | .... | Tank Driver (uncredited) |
 | Fay Roope | .... | Major General (uncredited) |
 | James Seay | .... | Government Man (uncredited) |
 | Olan Soule | .... | Mr. Krull, Boarder (uncredited) |
 | Kim Spalding | .... | Army Orderly (uncredited) |
 | Harmon Stevens | .... | Bit Man (uncredited) |
 | Harlan Warde | .... | Carson (uncredited) |
 | Stuart Whitman | .... | Army sentry (uncredited) |
 | Adam Williams | .... | Army Physician (uncredited) |
 | Rush Williams | .... | M.P. Sergeant (uncredited) |
 | Carleton Young | .... | Colonel (uncredited) |