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The West Point Story

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The West Point Story (1950)

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Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A Broadway dancer would never enroll in West Point, unless he happens to be Elwin Bixby. Bixby, a heralded and arrogant singer-dancer in New York, reluctantly agrees to stage the annual West... A Broadway dancer would never enroll in West Point, unless he happens to be Elwin Bixby. Bixby, a heralded and arrogant singer-dancer in New York, reluctantly agrees to stage the annual West Point cadet show, "100th Night," at the military academy. Cadet Tom Fletcher wrote the tunes, which Bixby feels are strong enough for The Great White Way. So Bixby not only has to direct the musical, but also convince Fletcher to bring it to Broadway. To persuade the young man, Bixby must become a cadet himself and live by West Point codes of conduct. The brash star has little patience for the brass and its regulations. Bixby demonstrates his insubordination by taking his lover along for the ride, and he even sets up Fletcher with a girl of his own. Soon he has made the whole academy do an about face. [More]

Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae

Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Alan Hale, Roland Winters, Wilton Graff

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Director: Roy Del Ruth
Producer: Louis F. Edelman
Screenwriter: John Monks

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Cagney rises above musical material, and even dances!

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