Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
Elenco: Robert Wagner , Terry Moore , Broderick Crawford , Buddy Ebsen , Robert Keith , Brad Dexter , Mark Damon , Ken Clark , Harvey Lembeck , Skip Homeier , L. Q. Jones , Tod Andrews , Biff Elliot , Bart Burns , Scatman Crothers , Frank Gorshin , Carl Switzer .