The West Point Story (1950)
Synopsis of The West Point Story
James Cagney delivers a vibrant performance as a down-on-his-luck Broadway musical director in The West Point Story, featuring songs by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne. Cagney plays out-of-work director Elwin "Bix" Bixby, who reluctantly accepts a job from producer Harry Eberhart (Roland Winters) to stage a show at West Point written by Harry's nephew Tom Fletcher (Gordon MacRae). Harry thinks Tom's show could be a Broadway success if he would only quit West Point. Bix travels to West Point, with his girlfriend, Eve (Virginia Mayo), in tow, to whip the show into shape. But Bix is frustrated by the academy's rules, which interrupt his rehearsal schedule. In frustration, Bix hits a cadet. In order to continue to work on the show, Bix must become a cadet himself, and deal with the attendant hazing that entails. When the one of the show's stars, Jan Wilson (Doris Day), is brought out to work on the production, Tom falls in love with her and goes AWOL to return with her to Hollywood. Bix, in order to save Tom's military career, has to go to Hollywood and bring Tom back to West Point. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast of The West Point Story
- James Cagney - Elwin Bixby
- Doris Day - Jan Wilson
- Gene Nelson - Hal Courtland
- Roland Winters - Harry Eberhart
- Wilton Graff - Lt. Col. Martin
- Frank Ferguson - Commandant
- James Young - Cadet
- Walter Ruick - Piano player
- Luther Crockett - Senator
- Wheaton Chambers - Secretary
- De Wit Bishop - Cadet
- Virginia Mayo - Eve Dillon
- Gordon MacRae - Tom Fletcher
- Alan Hale, Jr. - Bull Gilbert
- Raymond Roe - Bixby's "Wife"
- Jerome Cowan - Jocelyn
- Bob Hayden - Cadet
- Glen Turnbull - Hoofer
- Jack Kelly - Officer-in-charge
- James Dobson - Cadet
- Joel Marston - Cadet
- Russell Saunders - Acrobat
- Director(s):
- Roy Del Ruth
- Writer(s):
- John Monks, Jr., Charles Hoffman, Irving Wallace
- Producer(s):
- Louis Edelman
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