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
as Francis Davis
Jeanne Crain
as Helen
Edmond O'Brien
as Irving Miller
Judy Holliday
as Ruth Miller
Lee J. Cobb
as Doctor
Red Buttons
as Whitey / Andrews Sister
Karl Malden
as Adams
Jane Ball
as Jane Preston
Mark Daniels
as Alan William Ross
Jo-Carroll Dennison
as Dorothy Ross
Don Taylor
as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano
Peter Lind Hayes
as O'Brien
