A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Kirk Douglas
as Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker
as Cpl. Philippe Paris
Adolphe Menjou
as Gen. George Broulard
George Macready
as Gen. Paul Mireau
Wayne Morris
as Lt. Roget/Singing man
Richard Anderson
as Maj. Saint-Auban
Joe Turkel
as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
Christiane Kubrick
as German Singer
Jerry Hausner
as Proprietor of Cafe
Peter Capell
as Narrator of Opening Sequence
Emile Meyer
as Father Dupree
Bert Freed
as Sgt. Boulanger