"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."
James Cagney
as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
Dennis Weaver
as Andy Lowe
Ward Costello
as Harry Black
Vaughn Taylor
as Mike Pulaski
Richard Jaeckel
as Roy Webb
Les Tremayne
as Frank Enright
Walter Sande
as Horace Keys ("Doc")
Karl Swenson
as Bill Bailey
Richard Carlyle
as Father Gehring
Carl Benton Reid
as Robert Ghormley
William Schallert
as Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
Raymond Bailey
as Vandergrift
Leon Lontoc
as Manuel
Robert Burton
as Roy Geiger
Harry Landers
as Joseph Foss
Robert Montgomery
as Narration (American scenes)
Art Gilmore
as Narration (Japanese scenes)
Carleton Young
as Colonel Evans Carlson
James Yagi
as Rear Admiral Jiro Kobe
Nelson Leigh
as Adm. Dan Callaghan (uncredited)
Sydney Smith
as Rear Admiral Norm Scott (uncredited)
Maggie Magennis
as Red Cross Nurse Young (uncredited)
John McKee
as Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
as
Selmer Jackson
Jim Jacobs
Frank Latimore
Herbert Lytton
Tyler McVey
Robert Montgomery Jr.
Rollin Moriyama
Stuart Randall
Arthur Tovey
John Zaremba
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Producer
Roger Wagner
Music
Director
Wiard B. Ihnen
Art Direction
Beirne Lay Jr.
Screenplay
Frank D. Gilroy
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editorial Coordinator
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Jack Martell
Costume Design
Wardrobe Master
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Loren Cosand
Alfred Perry
Music Editor
Gene Bryant
Production Manager
Bill Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Finn Ulback
Sound Effects Editor
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Joseph C. Behm
Assistant Director