Battle Cry

The men who fought. The women who waited. And the stolen moments they shared.

The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.

War Drama Romance

Van Heflin

(Major Sam Huxley)

Aldo Ray

Mona Freeman

James Whitmore

Nancy Olson

(Mrs. Pat Rogers)

Raymond Massey

(Major General Snipes)

Tab Hunter

(Pvt Dan 'Danny' Forrester)

Anne Francis

Dorothy Malone

(Mrs Elaine Yarborough)

Fess Parker

Perry Lopez

(Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe)

William Campbell

(Pvt 'Ski" Wronski)

Jonas Applegarth

(Pvt Lightower)

L.Q. Jones

(Pvt. L.Q. Jones)

Allyn Ann McLerie

(Ruby - Waitress in Diner)

John Lupton

(Pvt./Cpl. Marion 'Sister Mary' Hotchkiss)

Tommy Cook

(Cpl. Ziltch - Huxley's orderly)

Felix Noriego

(Pvt. Crazy Horse - Navajo Phonetalker)

Susan Morrow

(Susan - Ski's girl)

Carleton Young

(Maj. Jim Wellman - Battalion Executive Officer)

Rhys Williams

Gregory Walcott

(Sgt. Jim Beller - Drill Instructor)

Frank Ferguson

(Mr. Hector Walker)

Sarah Selby

(Mrs. Forrester)

Willis Bouchey

(Mr. Forrester)

Lee Allen

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Roxanne Arlen

(Blonde Girl (uncredited))

David Armstrong

(Other Boy (uncredited))

Joan Arnold

(Cheap Dame (uncredited))

John Ayres

(Conductor (uncredited))

Rayford Barnes

(Marine Aide on Command Ship Off Saipan (uncredited))

Paul Barry

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Hal Bokar

(Marine (uncredited))

Budd Buster

(Old Man (uncredited))

Chick Chandler

(Capt. Chaplin (uncredited))

Dean Cromer

(Watkins (uncredited))

Glen Denning

(Seabags (uncredited))

Jack Downs

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Don Durant

(Marine (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Woman Seated at Table for Three (uncredited))

Sol Gorss

(Bartender in Brawl (uncredited))

Paul Grant

(Orderly (uncredited))

Fred Hanson

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Carl Harbaugh

(New Zealander in Bar (uncredited))

Lumsden Hare

(New Zealander in Bar (uncredited))

Chuck Hicks

(Marine in Hospital (uncredited))

Clark Howat

(Marine Colonel (uncredited))

Jack Jordan

(Adm. Parks (uncredited))

Byron Keith

(Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited))

Harold Knudsen

(Bud Forrester (uncredited))

June McCall

(Second Girl (uncredited))

Philo McCullough

(Man in Bar (uncredited))

Victor Millan

(Pvt. Pedro (uncredited))

Fay Morley

(Third Girl (uncredited))

Jack Mower

(Man in Bar (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Bartender (uncredited))

Eddie Parker

(Bartender in Brawl (uncredited))

Hilda Plowright

(Mrs. Rogers (uncredited))

Leoda Richards

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Jack Rollens

(News Hawk (uncredited))

George Selk

(Old Man (uncredited))

Jack Shea

(Baltimore Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited))

Charles Sherlock

(New Zealander in Bar (uncredited))

Kay Stewart

(Mrs. Martha Walker (uncredited))

Jack Stoney

(Bartender in Brawl (uncredited))

Dale Van Sickel

(Bartender in Brawl (uncredited))

Sailor Vincent

(Bartender in Brawl (uncredited))

Ralph Volkie

(Bartender (uncredited))

Tom Wilson

(Arcade Proprietor (uncredited))