Beyond Glory is a 1948 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed.

[2] Written by William Wister Haines, Jonathan Latimer, and Charles Marquis Warren, the film is about a former soldier who thinks he may have caused the death of his commanding officer in Tunisia.

After visiting the officer's widow, they fall in love, and she encourages him to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point.

World War II hero Audie Murphy made his film debut in the small role of Ladd's academy roommate, Cadet Thomas.

Denmore's attorney, Lew Proctor, attacking the academy and its Honor Code system, declares that Gilman is unfit and possibly criminally liable.

Gilman joined a unit going into combat in North Africa and became friends with both Loughlin and West Point graduate Lt. Harry Daniels.

On the evening of V-E Day, as the city celebrated, Gilman became depressed, feeling that people were dancing on the graves of countless soldiers, and instead went to see Daniels' family and his widow Ann.

The next witness, the Army physician who administered the therapeutic drug, testifies that after reviewing Gilman's medical records, he realizes that there is a gap in his memory of the battle.

Gilman was mortified to discover that the specified time of attack had passed and that Daniels had been killed, but because he refused to discuss the incident, he never learned about the concussion that created the delay.

[15] The reviewer in The New York Times called the film "a manful effort to extol the martial virtues and to defend the Academy against its detractors.

"[16] The reviewer continues: Ladd's performance is unrelievedly granite-jawed, but under the influence of Academy discipline, the granite is highly polished.

As director, John Farrow has sometimes underlined the emotional content of the scenario unduly, but his technique of integrating flash-backs and present action is masterfully smooth.