Western Drama
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
Ben Hecht, Richard Maibaum
Charles Trowbridge
Senate President
Richard Derr
Chester
Ward Bond
Sgt. Scully
Tully Marshall
Grandpa
Maureen O'Hara
Carolyn Bainbridge
Bess Flowers
Graduation Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Cadet (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Carpenter (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Alden Brown
Lane Bradford
Recruit (uncredited)
James Flavin
Capt. Luddy
Morris Ankrum
Wood
John Sutton
Howard Shelton
Harry Tyler
Carpenter (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Sen. John Randolph
Edward Fielding
William Eustis
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
James Seay
Courtney (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bombardier (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
Cadet (uncredited)
George Montgomery
Joe Dawson
Noble Johnson
Tecumseh
John Whitney
Cadet (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Capt. Sloane
Cap Somers
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
John Dilson
Senator (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
O'Toole
Dick Hogan
Cadet (uncredited)
Warren Ashe
Orderly (uncredited)
Tom Neal
Cadet (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh
Cadet (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
Cadet (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
Gen. William Henry Harrison
Shepperd Strudwick
Henry Clay
Esther Dale
Mrs. Thompson
John Hartley
Cadet (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Senator (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
Bane
Laird Cregar
Maj. Sam Carter
Frank Shannon
Senator (uncredited)
Joe Brown Jr.
Benny Havens
Paul Scardon
Senator (uncredited)
George Holmes
Cadet (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Maloney
Gene Garrick
Cadet (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Bombardier (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Sam (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Senator (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Sersen
Louis Jean Heydt
Jared Danforth
Victor Francen
Florimond Massey
Carl Stockdale
Senator (uncredited)
John Kelly
Bombardier (uncredited)
David Bacon
Shippen
Edna Mae Jones
Letty
Uno
Old Put
Max Cole
Cadet (uncredited)
Chick Collins
Lacrosse Player (uncredited)
William 'Red' Donahue
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Hyde
Minor Role (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy in Fort (uncredited)
William Kersen
Cadet (uncredited)
John Meredith
Cadet (uncredited)
Stanley Parlan
Cadet (uncredited)
Herbert Patterson
Cadet (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Senator (uncredited)
Gordon Wynn
Cadet (uncredited)

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