Lewis Seiler adapted the best-selling book by Richard Tregaskis to create a realistic, eye-witness account of U.S. Marines' struggle to regain control of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands from the Japanese. Preston S. Foster plays a chaplain attached to the unit, Lloyd Nolan plays the sergeant and William Bendix and Anthony Quinn play enlistees. The film also made a star out of former office-boy, Richard Jaeckel.

Anthony Quinn, Bryan Foy, Jerry Cady, Lamar Trotti, Lewis Seiler, Lionel Stander, Lloyd Nolan, Minor Watson, Preston S. Foster, Ralph Byrd, Richard Conte, Richard Jaeckel, Roy Roberts, William Bendix, Anthony Quinn, Bryan Foy, Jerry Cady, Lamar Trotti, Lewis Seiler, Lionel Stander, Lloyd Nolan, Minor Watson, Preston S. Foster, Ralph Byrd, Richard Conte, Richard Jaeckel, Roy Roberts, William Bendix