A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Clifton Webb
as John Philip Sousa

Debra Paget
as Lily Becker

Robert Wagner
as Willie Little

Ruth Hussey
as Jennie Sousa

Finlay Currie
as Col. Randolph

Roy Roberts
as Maj. George Porter Houston

Thomas Browne Henry
as David Blakely (as Tom Browne Henry)

Helen Van Tuyl
as Mrs. President Harrison

Dorinda Clifton
as Dancer (uncredited)
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Luckily, John Philip Sousa left us a legacy that anyone who ever drilled in the Boy's Brigade, or the Scouts, or any of the more grown up military will recognise instantly. An huge portfolio of marching music that earned him acclaim throughout the world. Luckily? Well that's because this is not real...