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

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