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