Comedy Drama
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
Directed by
John Ford
Ken Curtis
Specialty (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Captain John J. Pershing
Patrick Wayne
Abner "Cherub" Overton
Harry Carey, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tyrone Power
Martin Maher
Peter Graves
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Ward Bond
Captain Herman Kohler
Maureen O'Hara
Mary O'Donnell
Martin Milner
Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
Betsy Palmer
Kitty Carter
Donald Crisp
Old Martin
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Koehler
Philip Carey
Chuck Dotson
Willis Bouchey
Major Thomas
Sean McClory
Dinny Maher
William Leslie
James "Red" Sundstrom
Jack Pennick
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Waiter (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
Robert Ellis
Cadet Short (uncredited)
Robert Francis
James Sundstrom Jr.
Chuck Courtney
Whitey Larson (uncredited)
Dona Cole
Peggy (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Walter Ehlers
Mike Shannon
Tom Hennesy
Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Recruit (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Officer (uncredited)
Gil Mandelik
Guy Way

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