Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) DVD-R
Starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, John Sutton, Laird Cregar, Shepperd
Strudwick, Harry Davenport, Ward Bond, Douglass Dumbrille, Ralph Byrd
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Print: black/white
Runtime: 102 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B
Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West
Point in the beginning of the nineteenth century is a young Washington socialite, Carolyn
Bainbridge (Maureen O'Hara). Congress resolves to revive the Academy on a one-year trial
basis. Major Sam Carter (Laird Cregar), a martinet who doesn't believe a college can
produce real fighting men, is made the Commandant, and determines to make soldiers - or
failures - out of the small band of cadets, by enforcing stringent disciplinary action. Among
the cadets are Howard Shelton (John Sutton), Carolyn's fiancee, and Dawson (George
Montgomery), a Kentucky frontiersman. There is bad blood between the two from the start,
and matters are worsened when Dawson falls in love with Carolyn. Many of the cadets
resign, under the discouraging conditions and grueling punishment that is part of Carter's
plan to make the school hard and the exercises difficult, and the number of cadets left is
down to ten. Word arrives that the Indian chief Tecumseh (Noble Johnson) has gone on the
warpath, and Carter is ordered to take part in quelling the rebellion, and to include the
cadets along with the regular Bombadiers. Shelton, on patrol, is shot at by an Indian, and
hot-headedly leaves his post in pursuit. Dawson leaves to bring him back followed by Major
Carter who is captured by the Indians. Using tactics learned at West Point, the small band of
cadets attack and demoralize the much larger Indian force, and succeed in rescuing Carter,
and Dawson is wounded. Carter is grateful for the actions taken by the band, but says that
Shelton and Dawson cannot remain as cadets since they had violated the rules by leaving
their posts, and would be a bad precedent for future cadets. Carolyn has come to the Point
to marry the unsuspecting Dawson, who thought she loved Shelton.
Starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, John Sutton, Laird Cregar, Shepperd
Strudwick, Harry Davenport, Ward Bond, Douglass Dumbrille, Ralph Byrd
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Print: black/white
Runtime: 102 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B
Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West
Point in the beginning of the nineteenth century is a young Washington socialite, Carolyn
Bainbridge (Maureen O'Hara). Congress resolves to revive the Academy on a one-year trial
basis. Major Sam Carter (Laird Cregar), a martinet who doesn't believe a college can
produce real fighting men, is made the Commandant, and determines to make soldiers - or
failures - out of the small band of cadets, by enforcing stringent disciplinary action. Among
the cadets are Howard Shelton (John Sutton), Carolyn's fiancee, and Dawson (George
Montgomery), a Kentucky frontiersman. There is bad blood between the two from the start,
and matters are worsened when Dawson falls in love with Carolyn. Many of the cadets
resign, under the discouraging conditions and grueling punishment that is part of Carter's
plan to make the school hard and the exercises difficult, and the number of cadets left is
down to ten. Word arrives that the Indian chief Tecumseh (Noble Johnson) has gone on the
warpath, and Carter is ordered to take part in quelling the rebellion, and to include the
cadets along with the regular Bombadiers. Shelton, on patrol, is shot at by an Indian, and
hot-headedly leaves his post in pursuit. Dawson leaves to bring him back followed by Major
Carter who is captured by the Indians. Using tactics learned at West Point, the small band of
cadets attack and demoralize the much larger Indian force, and succeed in rescuing Carter,
and Dawson is wounded. Carter is grateful for the actions taken by the band, but says that
Shelton and Dawson cannot remain as cadets since they had violated the rules by leaving
their posts, and would be a bad precedent for future cadets. Carolyn has come to the Point
to marry the unsuspecting Dawson, who thought she loved Shelton.
| Product Name | Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) DVD-R |
|---|---|
| This item is returnable | No |
