| Burt Lancaster | 1st Sgt. Milton Warden |
| Montgomery Clift | Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt |
| Deborah Kerr | Karen Holmes |
| Frank Sinatra | Pvt. Angelo Maggio |
| Donna Reed | Alma Burke (Lorene) |
| Ernest Borgnine | SSgt. James R. Judson |
| Philip Ober | Capt. Dana Holmes |
| Jack Warden | Cpl. Buckley |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | Supply Sgt. Leva |
| Harry Bellaver | Pvt. Mazzioli |
| George Reeves | Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited) |
| John Dennis | Sgt. Ike Galovitch |
| Tim Ryan | SSgt. Pete Karelsen |
| Barbara Morrison | Mrs. Kipfer |
| Kristine Miller | Georgette (uncredited) |
| Jean Willes | Annette (uncredited) |
| Merle Travis | Sal Anderson |
| Arthur Keegan | Treadwell |
| Claude Akins | Sgt. ``Baldy'' Dhom (uncredited) |
| Robert Karnes | Sgt. Turp Thornhill (uncredited) |
| Robert Wilke | Sgt. Henderson (uncredited) |
On a Hawaiian army barracks in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor, lone-wolf soldier and boxing champion ''Prew''' Prewitt refuses to box, preferring to play the bugle instead. Hard-hearted Captain Holmes subjects Prew to a grueling series of punishments while, unbeknownst to Holmes, the gruff but fair Sergeant Warden engages in a clandestine affair with the captain's mistreated wife .
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