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