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

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