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
Milburn Stone
Captain John J. Pershing
Peter Graves
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Patrick Wayne
Abner "Cherub" Overton
Ken Curtis
Specialty (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Captain Herman Kohler
Donald Crisp
Old Martin
Harry Carey, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maureen O'Hara
Mary O'Donnell
Sean McClory
Dinny Maher
Willis Bouchey
Major Thomas
Tyrone Power
Martin Maher
Philip Carey
Chuck Dotson
Martin Milner
Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
Betsy Palmer
Kitty Carter
Chuck Courtney
Whitey Larson (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Recruit (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Francis
James Sundstrom Jr.
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Koehler
William Leslie
James "Red" Sundstrom
Dona Cole
Peggy (uncredited)
Robert Ellis
Cadet Short (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Walter Ehlers
Mike Shannon
Tom Hennesy
Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Officer (uncredited)
Gil Mandelik
Fritz Ford
Guy Way

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