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 as Martin Maher
- Maureen O'Hara as Mary O'Donnell
- Robert Francis as James Sundstrom Jr.
- Donald Crisp as Old Martin
- Ward Bond as Captain Herman Kohler
- Betsy Palmer as Kitty Carter
- Philip Carey as Chuck Dotson
- William Leslie as James "Red" Sundstrom
- Harry Carey, Jr. as Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Patrick Wayne as Abner "Cherub" Overton