Drama / War /

Score: 67%( 18 votes )

Overview: A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.

Cast:

James Cagney
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

Dennis Weaver
Andy Lowe

Ward Costello
Harry Black

Vaughn Taylor
Mike Pulaski

Richard Jaeckel
Roy Webb

Les Tremayne
Frank Enright

Walter Sande
Horace Keys ("Doc")

Karl Swenson
Bill Bailey

Richard Carlyle
Father Gehring

Carl Benton Reid
Robert Ghormley

William Schallert
Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.

Raymond Bailey
Vandergrift

Leon Lontoc
Manuel

Robert Burton
Roy Geiger

Harry Landers
Joseph Foss

Robert Montgomery
Narration (American scenes)

Art Gilmore
Narration (Japanese scenes)

Carleton Young
Colonel Evans Carlson

James Yagi
Rear Admiral Jiro Kobe

Nelson Leigh
Adm. Dan Callaghan (uncredited)

Sydney Smith
Rear Admiral Norm Scott (uncredited)

Maggie Magennis
Red Cross Nurse Young (uncredited)

John McKee
Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

Selmer Jackson

Jim Jacobs

Frank Latimore

Herbert Lytton

Tyler McVey

Robert Montgomery Jr.

Rollin Moriyama

Stuart Randall

William Schallert

Arthur Tovey

John Zaremba