Comedy / Drama /

Score: 69.6%( 54 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Tyrone Power
Martin Maher

Maureen O'Hara
Mary O'Donnell

Robert Francis
James Sundstrom Jr.

Donald Crisp
Old Martin

Ward Bond
Captain Herman Kohler

Betsy Palmer
Kitty Carter

Philip Carey
Chuck Dotson

William Leslie
James "Red" Sundstrom

Harry Carey, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Patrick Wayne
Abner "Cherub" Overton

Sean McClory
Dinny Maher

Peter Graves
Corporal Rudolph Heinz

Milburn Stone
Captain John J. Pershing

Erin O'Brien-Moore
Mrs. Koehler

Walter Ehlers
Mike Shannon

Willis Bouchey
Major Thomas

Ken Curtis
Specialty (uncredited)

Tom Hennesy
Cadet Dotson (uncredited)

Martin Milner
Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson
Policeman (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook
Waiter (uncredited)

Jean Moorhead
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Chuck Courtney
Whitey Larson (uncredited)

Robert Ellis
Cadet Short (uncredited)

Ron Nyman
Recruit (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman
Officer (uncredited)

Dona Cole
Peggy (uncredited)