THE GALLANT HOURS

 

James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello, Richard Jaeckel

United Artists; Directed by Robert Montgomery

115 minutes; 1960

 

This military classic is a semi-documentary of a brief period in the life of Rear Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr.  His life is examined from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific up to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.