A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Clifton Webb
as John Philip Sousa
Debra Paget
as Lily Becker
Robert Wagner
as Willie Little
Ruth Hussey
as Jennie Sousa
Finlay Currie
as Col. Randolph
Roy Roberts
as Maj. George Porter Houston
Thomas Browne Henry
as David Blakely (as Tom Browne Henry)
Helen Van Tuyl
as Mrs. President Harrison
Dorinda Clifton
as Dancer (uncredited)
