Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
June 26, 1942Release Date
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
June 26, 1942Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
George Montgomery
Joe Dawson
Maureen O'Hara
Carolyn Bainbridge
John Sutton
Howard Shelton
Laird Cregar
Maj. Sam Carter
Shepperd Strudwick
Henry Clay
Henry Hathaway
Director
Victor Francen
Florimond Massey
Ben Hecht
Writer
Harry Davenport
Bane
Talbot Jennings
Writer
Ward Bond
Sgt. Scully
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Douglass Dumbrille
Gen. William Henry Harrison
George Seaton
Writer
Ralph Byrd
Maloney
Malvin Wald
Writer
Joe Brown Jr.
Benny Havens
David Bacon
Shippen
Esther Dale
Mrs. Thompson
Richard Derr
Chester
Louis Jean Heydt
Jared Danforth
Stanley Andrews
Capt. Sloane
James Flavin
Capt. Luddy
Edna Mae Jones
Letty
Charles Trowbridge
Senate President
Tully Marshall
Grandpa
Edwin Maxwell
Sen. John Randolph
Uno
Old Put
Edward Fielding
William Eustis
Morris Ankrum
Wood
Selmer Jackson
Sersen
Noble Johnson
Tecumseh
Eddie Dunn
O'Toole
Frank Ferguson
Alden Brown
Warren Ashe
Orderly (uncredited)
Lane Bradford
Recruit (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Bombardier (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Senator (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian (uncredited)
Max Cole
Cadet (uncredited)
Chick Collins
Lacrosse Player (uncredited)
John Dilson
Senator (uncredited)
William 'Red' Donahue
Minor Role (uncredited)
Blake Edwards
Cadet (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Graduation Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bombardier (uncredited)
Gene Garrick
Cadet (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Sam (uncredited)
John Hartley
Cadet (uncredited)
Dick Hogan
Cadet (uncredited)
George Holmes
Cadet (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Carpenter (uncredited)
Jack Hyde
Minor Role (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Senator (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy in Fort (uncredited)
John Kelly
Bombardier (uncredited)
William Kersen
Cadet (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh
Cadet (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Cadet (uncredited)
John Meredith
Cadet (uncredited)
Tom Neal
Cadet (uncredited)
Stanley Parlan
Cadet (uncredited)
Herbert Patterson
Cadet (uncredited)
Don Peters
Cadet (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
Cadet (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Senator (uncredited)
Paul Scardon
Senator (uncredited)
James Seay
Courtney (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Senator (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Senator (uncredited)
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Wiki.
Ten Gentlemen from West Point is a 1942 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton. Its cinematography was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943. George Montgomery replaced John Payne who was suffering an emotional upset at the time. The story tell a fictional story of the first class of the United States Military Academy in the early 1800s.