Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.

Samuel Huntas Louis Zamperini
Merritt Pattersonas Cynthia Applewhaite
Bob Guntonas Major
Will Grahamas Billy Graham
David Sakuraias Watanabe 'The Bird'
Vanessa Bell Callowayas Lila Burkholder
Bobby Campoas Pete Zamperini
Andrew Lewis Caldwellas Harry Read
David DeLuiseas Howard Lambert
Gianna Simoneas Sylvia Zamperini