Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
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102 min
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.
- Release date
- June 26, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- George Montgomery as Joe Dawson
- Maureen O'Hara as Carolyn Bainbridge
- John Sutton as Howard Shelton
- Laird Cregar as Maj. Sam Carter
- Shepperd Strudwick as Henry Clay
- Victor Francen as Florimond Massey
- Harry Davenport as Bane
- Ward Bond as Sgt. Scully
- Douglass Dumbrille as Gen. William Henry Harrison
- Ralph Byrd as Maloney
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- Richard Maibaum · Writer
- George Seaton · Writer
- Malvin Wald · Writer
- William Perlberg · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Leon Shamroy · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor