Cast
The film was deliberately cast with actors who were not true box-office stars, in order to place the emphasis on the story rather than the actors who were in it. The original cast list had included many Japanese amateurs. Cast in credits order:
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Martin Balsam | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| So Yamamura | Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet |
| Joseph Cotten | Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | Kaigun Chūsa (Commander) Minoru Genda, Air Staff, 1st Air Fleet |
| E. G. Marshall | Colonel Rufus S. Bratton, Chief, Far Eastern Section, Military Intelligence Division, War Department |
| James Whitmore | Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, Aircraft Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Takahiro Tamura | Kaigun Chūsa (Commander) Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander, Air Group, Akagi |
| Eijiro Tono | Kaigun Chūjō (Vice Admiral) Chuichi Nagumo, Commander-in-Chief, 1st Air Fleet |
| Jason Robards | Lieutenant General Walter C. Short, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii |
| Wesley Addy | Lieutenant Commander Alwin D. Kramer, Cryptographer, OP-20-G |
| Shogo Shimada | Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese Ambassador to the United States |
| Frank Aletter | Lieutenant Commander Francis J. Thomas, Command Duty Officer, USS Nevada |
| Koreya Senda | Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoe |
| Leon Ames | Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox |
| Junya Usami | Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Zengo Yoshida, Minister of the Navy |
| Richard Anderson | Captain John B. Earle, Chief of Staff, 14th Naval District |
| Kazuo Kitamura | Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka |
| Keith Andes | General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
| Susumu Fujita | Kaigun Shōshō (Rear Admiral) Tamon Yamaguchi, Commander, Second Carrier Division |
| Edward Andrews | Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations |
| Bontaro Miyake | Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Koshiro Oikawa, Minister of the Navy |
| Neville Brand | Lieutenant Harold Kaminski, Duty Officer, 14th Naval District |
| Ichiro Ryuzaki | Kaigun Shōshō (Rear Admiral) Ryunosuke Kusaka, Chief of Staff, 1st Air Fleet (as Ichiro Reuzaki) |
| Leora Dana | Mrs. Kramer |
| Asao Uchida | Rikugun Taishō (General) Hideki Tojo, Minister of War |
| George Macready | Secretary of State Cordell Hull |
| Norman Alden | Major Truman H. Landon, Commanding Officer, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron |
| Kazuko Ichikawa | Geisha in Kagoshima |
| Walter Brooke | Captain Theodore S. Wilkinson, Director of Naval Intelligence |
| Hank Jones | Davey, civilian student pilot |
| Rick Cooper | Second Lieutenant George Welch, pilot, 47th Pursuit Squadron |
| Karl Lukas | Captain Harold C. Train, Chief of Staff, Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| June Dayton | Miss Ray Cave, secretary, OP-20-G |
| Ron Masak | Lieutenant Lawrence E. Ruff, Communications Officer, USS Nevada |
| Jeff Donnell | Miss Cornelia Clark Fort, civilian flying instructor |
| Shunichi Nakamura | Kaigun Daisa (Captain) Kameto "Gandhi" Kurishima, Senior Staff Officer, Combined Fleet |
| Richard Erdman | Colonel Edward F. French, Chief, War Department Signal Center |
| Hiroshi Nihonyanagi | Kaigun Shōshō (Rear Admiral) Chuichi Hara, Commander, 5th Carrier Division (as Kan Nihonyanagi) |
| Jerry Fogel | Lieutenant Commander William W. Outerbridge, Commanding Officer, USS Ward |
| Carl Reindel | Second Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor, pilot, 47th Pursuit Squadron |
| Elven Havard | Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller, USS West Virginia |
| Edmon Ryan | Rear Admiral Patrick N. L. Bellinger, Commander, Patrol Wing Two |
| Toshio Hosokawa | Kaigun Shōsa (Lieutenant Commander) Shigeharu Murata, Commander, 1st Torpedo Attack Unit, Akagi (as Tosio Hosokawa) |
| Hisao Toake | Saburo Kurusu, Japanese Special Envoy to the United States |
| Toru Abe | Kaigun Shōshō (Rear Admiral) Takijiro Inishi, Chief of Staff, 11th Air Fleet (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Akutagawa | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido (uncredited) |
| Kiyoshi Atsumi | Japanese Cook #1 (uncredited) |
| Harold Conway | Counselor Eugene Dooman, U.S. Embassy in Tokyo (uncredited) |
| Dick Cook | Lieutenant Commander Logan C. Ramsey, Chief of Staff, Patrol Wing Two (uncredited) |
| Jerry Cox | First Lieutenant Kermit A. Tyler, Executive Officer, 78th Pursuit Squadron and Officer in Charge, Pearl Harbor Intercept Center (uncredited) |
| Mike Daneen | First Secretary Edward S. Crocker, U.S. Embassy in Tokyo (uncredited) |
| Francis De Sales | Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. McCollum, Head, Far East Asia Section, Office of Naval Intelligence (uncredited) |
| Dave Donnelly | Major Gordon A. Blake, Operations Officer, Hickam Field (uncredited) |
| Bill Edwards | Colonel Kendall J. Fielder, G-2 Intelligence Officer, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii (uncredited) |
| Dick Fair | Lieutenant Colonel Carroll A. Powell, Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii (uncredited) |
| Charles Gilbert | Lieutenant Colonel William H. Murphy, Air Warning Development Officer, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii (uncredited) |
| Hisashi Igawa | Kaigun Daii (Lieutenant) Mitsuo Matsuzaki, pilot, 1st Torpedo Attack Unit, Akagi (uncredited) |
| Robert Karnes | Major John H. Dillon, Knox's aide (uncredited) |
| Randall Duk Kim | Tadao, Japanese messenger boy (uncredited) |
| Berry Kroeger | General (uncredited) |
| Akira Kume | First Secretary Katsuzo Okumura, Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. (uncredited) |
| Dan Leegant | George Street, RCA Honolulu District Manager (uncredited) |
| Ken Lynch | Rear Admiral John H. Newton, Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander, Task Force 12 (uncredited) |
| Mitch Mitchell | Colonel Walter C. Phillips, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii (uncredited) |
| Walter Reed | Vice Admiral William S. Pye, Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (uncredited) |
| Robert Shayne | Commander William H. Buracker, Operations Officer, Aircraft Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (uncredited) |
| Edward Sheehan | Brigadier General Howard C. Davidson, Commander, 14th Pursuit Wing (uncredited) |
| Tommy Splittgerber | Ed Klein, RCA telegraph operator (uncredited) |
| G. D. Spradlin | Commander Maurice E. Curts, Communications Officer, U.S. Pacific Fleet (uncredited) |
| Larry Thor | Major General Frederick L. Martin, Commander, Hawaiian Air Force (uncredited) |
| George Tobias | Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited) |
| Harlan Warde | Brigadier General Leonard T. Gerow, Chief, War Plans Division, War Department (uncredited) |
| Meredith Weatherby | Joseph C. Grew, U.S. Ambassador to Japan (uncredited) |
| David Westberg | Ensign Edgar M. Fair, USS California (uncredited) |
| Bruce Wilson | Private Joseph L. Lockard, radar operator, Opana Point (uncredited) |
| Bill Zuckert | Admiral James O. Richardson, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (uncredited) |
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