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

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