
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
Cast

Robert Wagner
Sfc. Pvt. Sam Francis Gifford

Terry Moore
Jenny Gifford

Broderick Crawford
Capt. 'Waco' Grimes, CO Co.G

Buddy Ebsen
Pvt. Willie Crawford

Robert Keith
Col. Cousins

Brad Dexter
Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson

Mark Damon
Pvt. Terry - Co. G

Ken Clark
Morgan

Harvey Lembeck
.Pvt. Bernard 'Bernie' Meleski - Co. G

Skip Homeier
Pvt. Swanson - Co. G

L.Q. Jones
Pvt. Kenny - Co. G

Tod Andrews
Lt. Ray Mosby

Biff Elliot
Tom Thumb - Co. G
Bart Burns
Pvt. Raker - Co. G

Scatman Crothers
George (uncredited)

Frank Gorshin
Pvt. Millard - Co. G (uncredited)

Carl Switzer
Savage
Crew

Richard Fleischer
Director
Harry Brown
Screenplay
Francis Gwaltney
Novel
James B. Clark
Editor
Leo Tover
Director of Photography
Stanley Hough
Assistant Director
David Weisbart
Producer
Mary Wills
Costume Design
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Charles Vassar
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Lionel Newman
Conductor
Addison Hehr
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
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