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Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 102 minutes
Actors
George Montgomery | Maureen O'Hara | John Sutton | Laird Cregar | Shepperd Strudwick | Victor Francen | Harry Davenport | Ward Bond | Douglass Dumbrille | Ralph Byrd | Joe Brown Jr. | David Bacon | Esther Dale | Richard Derr | Louis Jean Heydt | Stanley Andrews | James Flavin | Edna Mae Jones | Charles Trowbridge | Tully Marshall | Edwin Maxwell | Uno | Edward Fielding | Morris Ankrum | Selmer Jackson | Noble Johnson | Eddie Dunn | Frank Ferguson | Warren Ashe | Lane Bradford | Eddy Chandler | Davison Clark | Ruth Clifford | Iron Eyes Cody | Max Cole | Chick Collins | John Dilson | William 'Red' Donahue | Blake Edwards | Bess Flowers | Edward Gargan | Gene Garrick | Jesse Graves | John Hartley | Dick Hogan | George Holmes | Olin Howland | Jack Hyde | Boyd Irwin | Payne B. Johnson | John Kelly | William Kersen | Anthony Marsh | Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | John Meredith | Tom Neal | Stanley Parlan | Herbert Patterson | Don Peters | Gene Rizzi | Henry Roquemore | Paul Scardon | James Seay | Frank Shannon | Cap Somers | Carl Stockdale | Harry Stubbs | Harry Tyler | John Whitney | Dick Winslow | Gordon Wynn