82 minutes
8/3/1948
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.
Alan Ladd
as Capt. Rockwell 'Rocky' Gilman
Donna Reed
as Ann Daniels
George Macready
as Maj. Gen. Bond
George Coulouris
as Lew Proctor
Harold Vermilyea
as Raymond Denmore, Sr.
Henry Travers
as Pop Dewing
Tom Neal
as Capt. Henry Jason Daniels
Conrad Janis
as Raymond Denmore, Jr.
Dick Hogan
as Cadet Sgt. Eddie Loughlin
Paul Lees
as Cadet Miller
Audie Murphy
as Cadet Thomas
Geraldine Wall
as Mrs. Daniels
Luis van Rooten
as Dr. Joseph White (as Louis Van Rooten)
Charles Evans
as Mr. Julian
Margaret Field
as Cora
Sean McClory
as Barney
Steve Pendleton
as Gen. Prescott
Vincent Donahue
as John Craig
Harland Tucker
as Col. Stoddard (as Harlan Tucker)
Russell Wade
as Cadet Jensen
Dorothy Abbott
as Party Girl (uncredited)
James Burke
as Jim, the Bartender (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julia Faye
as Motherly Churchgoer (uncredited)
Noel Neill
as Party Girl (uncredited)
Paul Picerni
as Second Detective (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Robert Winkler
as West Point Candidate (uncredited)