Bugle Boy Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a born fighter—but he doesn't want to fight. He'd rather play the bugle. (We don't blame him: bugles are way cooler than cauliflower ear.)Aft...

From "Yes Man" to HeroSergeant Milton Warden (Burt Lancaster) is a complicated guy. On the one hand, he's tough—but he also doesn't want to step on his commanding officer's toes (despite despisin...

Desperate HousewifeKaren Holmes (Deborah Kerr) is basically the most desperate of all desperate housewives: she hates her hubby, is bored out of her skull at home, is depressed that she can't have...

Not Really Working at a Brothel, Exactly Alma Burke (Donna Reed)—who goes by the assumed name "Lorene" for most of the movie—is a hooker with a heart of gold. Sort of. She isn't really a hooker...

Loudmouth Good Guy Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra) is Prewitt's loudmouth best friend. He's a good guy—in fact, one of the only guys who overtly sticks up for Prewitt—but his vibrantly cocky atti...

Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes (Philip Ober) is thoroughly repulsive. There is nothing good about this dude. He's a creep who has no problem torturing a low-ranking soldier, Prewitt, for a trivial...

When bullies grow up, we imagine they grow up to be a lot like Judson. Instead of pulling the wings off of flies, they're beating soldiers to death.He doesn't start off seeming like such a bad guy,...