Director: Robert Montgomery

Writers: Beirne Lay, Jr.; Frank D. Gilroy

Music Composed and Conducted by: Roger Wagner

Producer: Robert Montgomery

Keywords: Drama, WWII, Biography

Docudrama studying the leadership of William F. Halsey starting with his taking command of U.S. force in the South Pacific, to the victory at Guadalcanal. A unique war film with no battle scenes, Cagney's restrained performance seems accurate at first blush but it probably did not properly capture the man -- Halsey had quite a temper.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Raymond Bailey	Actor	6-May-1904	15-Apr-1980	Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Richard Jaeckel	Actor	10-Oct-1926	14-Jun-1997	Sometimes a Great Notion
Carl Benton Reid	Actor	14-Aug-1893	16-Mar-1973	The Little Foxes
Walter Sande	Actor	9-Jul-1906	22-Feb-1972	Character actor
Les Tremayne	Radio Personality	16-Apr-1913	19-Dec-2003	Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts
Dennis Weaver	Actor	4-Jun-1924	24-Feb-2006	Sam McCloud in McCloud
Carleton Young	Actor	21-Oct-1905	7-Nov-1994	20000 Leagues Under the Sea

CAST

James Cagney	...   Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey
with
Dennis Weaver	...   Lt. Cmdr. Andy Lowe
Ward Costello	...   Capt. Harry Black
Vaughn Taylor	...   Cmdr. Mike Pulaski
Richard Jaeckel	...   Lt. Cmdr. Roy Webb
Les Tremayne	...   Capt. Frank Enright
Walter Sande	...   Capt. Horace Keys
Karl Swenson	...   Capt. Bill Bailey
Leon Lontoc	...   Manuel
Robert Burton	...   Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger
Carleton Young	...   Col. Evans Carlson
Raymond Bailey	...   Maj. Gen. Archie Vandergrift
Harry Landers	...   Capt. Joseph Foss
Richard Carlyle	...   Father Frederic Gehring
James Yagi	...   Rear Adm. Jiro Kobe
James T. Goto	...   Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Carl Benton Reid	...   Vice-Adm. Robert Ghormley
Narration on Japanese Sequences
Art Gilmore	...   Narrator

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