"Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury."
Sterling Hayden
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Alexis Smith
as Sue Hoskins
Ben Cooper
as Seaman P.J. 'Zuggy' Zugbaum
Dean Jagger
as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple
Virginia Grey
as Dorothy Buracker
Hayden Rorke
as Capt. William Buracker
Douglas Kennedy
as Capt. Walter Riley
Louis Jean Heydt
as Capt. Walter F. Rodee
Richard Crane
as Lt. Johnson
Morris Ankrum
as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble
Frank Ferguson
as Admiral L.D.
John Maxwell
as Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey
William Kerwin
as Cole
Jil Jarmyn
as Flight Nurse
Alan Dexter
as Doctor
John H. Auer
Director
Allen Rivkin
Screenplay
William Wister Haines
Story
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
John L. Russell
Director of Photography
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
George Milo
Bob Mark
Makeup Department Head
Gene Anderson Jr.
Assistant Director
T.A. Carman
Sound
Howard Wilson
Howard Lydecker
Special Effects
Theodore Lydecker
Dick Geary
Stunts
Fred Allen
Editor
Adele Palmer
Costume Supervisor