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

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