The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours

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 for The Gallant Hours...

James Cagney
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
Dennis Weaver
Andy Lowe
Ward Costello
Harry Black
Vaughn Taylor
Mike Pulaski
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
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)