Ten Gentlemen From West Point (DVD)
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originally released in 1942
black and white; 105 minutes
This entertaining historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early Nineteenth Century, Congress appropriates the money to build the school, but opponents who believe it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the Federal Government decide to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter (Laird Cregar) in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly puts the recruits through grueling training — until only ten prospective soldiers remain. They include Dawson (George Montgomery), a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton (John Sutton), a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for the attention of Carolyn Bainbridge (Maureen O’Hara), while they, along with the other eight, try to convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.
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