Directed by:
Robert MontgomeryScreenplay:
Frank D. GilroyCinematography:
Joseph MacDonaldComposer:
Roger WagnerCast:
James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello, Richard Jaeckel, Les Tremayne, Nelson Leigh, Robert Montgomery, William Schallert, Karl Swenson, Carleton Young (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![James Cagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348332_0d2b75.png)
James Cagney
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
One, Two, Three (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Dennis Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281166_eaaffe.jpg)
Dennis Weaver
USA
Best movies:
Touch of Evil (1958)
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Ward Costello
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Missing (1982)
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) (TV movie)
![Richard Jaeckel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/215/164215067_dcd1f6.jpg)
Richard Jaeckel
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Les Tremayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792697_30fc4a.jpg)
Les Tremayne
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Goldfinger (1964)
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
![Nelson Leigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677262_9fa490.jpg)
Nelson Leigh
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
![Robert Montgomery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496871_1aecff.jpg)
Robert Montgomery
USA
Best movies:
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Rage in Heaven (1941)
Inspiration (1931)
![William Schallert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/429/158429151_3dca43.gif)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
![Karl Swenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798609_44754f.jpg)
Karl Swenson
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Birds (1963)
Vanishing Point (1971)
![Carleton Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505372_4f1ff2.jpg)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Walter Sande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000230_9e33e2.jpg)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![Vaughn Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000233_61451c.gif)
Vaughn Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
![Raymond Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000237_abd29f.jpg)
Raymond Bailey
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
![Stuart Randall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162684_f93b1b.jpg)
Stuart Randall
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
![Carl Benton Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162693_f1ea3b.jpg)
Carl Benton Reid
USA
Best movies:
Pressure Point (1962)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![John Zaremba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933812_e7e17c.jpg)
John Zaremba
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Human Desire (1954)
![Selmer Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948634_afe05a.jpg)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
![Robert Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/490/160490513_b7e9d1.gif)
Robert Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
![Art Gilmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/150/161150845_a1cb11.jpg)
Art Gilmore (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Killing (1956) - narrator
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Richard H. Cutting
USA
Best movies:
The Mountain (1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)