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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as Carolyn Bainbridge
as Howard Shelton
as Maj. Sam Carter
as Henry Clay
as Florimond Massey
as Bane
as Sgt. Scully
as Gen. William Henry Harrison
as Maloney
as Benny Havens
as Shippen
as Mrs. Thompson
as Chester
as Jared Danforth
as Capt. Sloane
as Capt. Luddy
as Letty
as Senate President
as Grandpa
as Sen. John Randolph
as Old Put
as William Eustis
as Wood
as Sersen
as Tecumseh
as O'Toole
as Alden Brown
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