
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
Cast

Sterling Hayden
Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins

Alexis Smith
Sue Hoskins

Ben Cooper
Seaman P.J. 'Zuggy' Zugbaum

Dean Jagger
Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple

Virginia Grey
Dorothy Buracker

Hayden Rorke
Capt. William Buracker

Douglas Kennedy
Capt. Walter Riley

Louis Jean Heydt
Capt. Walter F. Rodee

Richard Crane
Lt. Johnson

Morris Ankrum
Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble

Frank Ferguson
Admiral L.D.

John Maxwell
Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey

William Kerwin
Cole

Jil Jarmyn
Flight Nurse

Alan Dexter
Doctor
Crew

John H. Auer
Director, Producer
Allen Rivkin
Screenplay
William Wister Haines
Story
Fred Allen
Editor
John L. Russell
Director of Photography
Gene Anderson Jr.
Assistant Director
Adele Palmer
Costume Supervisor
Bob Mark
Makeup Department Head
T.A. Carman
Sound
Howard Wilson
Sound
Howard Lydecker
Special Effects
Theodore Lydecker
Special Effects

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
George Milo
Set Decoration
Dick Geary
Stunts
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
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