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

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