The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.

• Rota Productions
• Columbia Pictures
• Tyrone Power
• Maureen O'Hara
• Robert Francis
• Donald Crisp
• Ward Bond
• Betsy Palmer
• Philip Carey
• William Leslie