The Gallant Hours
They Called Him the Bull of the Pacific...His Name Was Halsey..But the Enemy Spelled it Hell!
1960 · 1h 55m · APPROVED Drama, War
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- 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
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