The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours

They Called Him the Bull of the Pacific...His Name Was Halsey..But the Enemy Spelled it Hell!

NR 1960 · 115 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, War

A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.

Directed by Robert Montgomery · Written by Beirne Lay Jr.

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