The Gallant Hours
13/06/1960
2h

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.
Cast


James Cagney
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey


Dennis Weaver
Andy Lowe


Ward Costello
Harry Black


Vaughn Taylor
Mike Pulaski


Richard Jaeckel
Roy Webb


Les Tremayne
Frank Enright


Walter Sande
Horace Keys ("Doc")


Karl Swenson
Bill Bailey


Richard Carlyle
Father Gehring


Carl Benton Reid
Robert Ghormley


William Schallert
Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.


Raymond Bailey
Vandergrift


Leon Lontoc
Manuel


Robert Burton
Roy Geiger


Harry Landers
Joseph Foss


Robert Montgomery
Narration (American scenes)


Art Gilmore
Narration (Japanese scenes)


Carleton Young
Colonel Evans Carlson


James Yagi
Rear Admiral Jiro Kobe


Nelson Leigh
Adm. Dan Callaghan (uncredited)
Sydney Smith
Rear Admiral Norm Scott (uncredited)
Maggie Magennis
Red Cross Nurse Young (uncredited)


John McKee
Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)


Richard H. Cutting


Selmer Jackson
Jim Jacobs


Frank Latimore


Herbert Lytton


Tyler McVey
Robert Montgomery Jr.
Rollin Moriyama


Stuart Randall


William Schallert


Arthur Tovey


John Zaremba
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