---
title: 'The Gallant Hours (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Montgomery'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gallant-hours-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053849/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gallant Hours (1960)

1960 · 115 min · War, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Gallant Hours is a 1960 American docudrama about William F. Halsey, Jr. and his efforts in fighting against Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II.

## Credits

- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-wagner)
- **Producer:** [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney), [Robert Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-montgomery)
- **Director:** [Robert Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-montgomery)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank D. Gilroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-d-gilroy)

## Cast

- [Sydney Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-smith) as Norman Scott
- [Leon Lontoc](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-lontoc) as Chief Petty Officer Salvador Jesus Maravilla
- [Selmer Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/selmer-jackson) as Chester W. Nimitz
- [Richard Carlyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-carlyle)
- [Art Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-gilmore) as the narrator
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande) as Captain Horace Keys
- [James T. Goto](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-t-goto) as Isoroku Yamamoto
- [Dennis Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-weaver) as Lieutenant Commander Andrew Jefferson Andy Lowe III
- [Vaughn Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaughn-taylor) as Commander Mike Pulaski
- [Tyler McVey](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-mcvey) as Ernest King
- [Richard Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jaeckel) as Lieutenant Commander Roy Webb
- [John Zaremba](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-zaremba) as Hubert R. Harmon
- [Herbert Lytton](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lytton) as George Dominic Murray
- [Robert Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burton)
- [Carleton Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/carleton-young) as Evans Carlson

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gallant-hours-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3778054); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.