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.
as Martin Maher
as Mary O'Donnell
as James Sundstrom Jr.
as Old Martin
as Captain Herman Kohler
as Kitty Carter
as Chuck Dotson
as James "Red" Sundstrom
as Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Abner "Cherub" Overton
as Dinny Maher
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
as Captain John J. Pershing
as Mrs. Koehler
as Mike Shannon
as Major Thomas
as Specialty (uncredited)
as Cadet Dotson (uncredited)
as Jim O'Carberry (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Whitey Larson (uncredited)
as Cadet Short (uncredited)
as Recruit (uncredited)
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as Peggy (uncredited)
