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

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