Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Lon McCallister
Jeanne Crain
Edmond O'Brien
Judy Holliday
Lee J. Cobb
Red Buttons
Karl Malden
Jane Ball
Mark Daniels
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Don Taylor
Peter Lind Hayes
Barry Nelson
Rune Hultman
Gary Merrill
George Reeves
Sascha Brastoff
Philip Bourneuf
Alan Baxter
John Tyers
Whit Bissell
George Petrie
Alfred Ryder
Martin Ritt
Harry Lewis
Fred Ayres Cotton
Henry Rowland
Gil Herman
Archie Robbins
Jack Slate
Henry Slate
Geraldine Wall
Mario Lanza
Martin Balsam
Kenneth Utt
Don Beddoe
Brad Dexter
Victor Sen Yung
Anthony Ross