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.
George Montgomery
Maureen O'Hara
John Sutton
Laird Cregar
Shepperd Strudwick
Victor Francen
Harry Davenport
Ward Bond
Douglass Dumbrille
Ralph Byrd
Joe Brown Jr.
David Bacon
Esther Dale
Richard Derr
Louis Jean Heydt
Stanley Andrews
James Flavin
Edna Mae Jones
Charles Trowbridge
Tully Marshall
Edwin Maxwell
Uno
Edward Fielding
Morris Ankrum
Selmer Jackson
Noble Johnson
Eddie Dunn
Frank Ferguson
Warren Ashe
Lane Bradford
Eddy Chandler
Davison Clark
Ruth Clifford
Iron Eyes Cody
Max Cole
Chick Collins
John Dilson
William 'Red' Donahue
Blake Edwards
Bess Flowers
Edward Gargan
Gene Garrick
Jesse Graves
John Hartley
Dick Hogan
George Holmes
Olin Howland
Jack Hyde
Boyd Irwin
Payne B. Johnson
John Kelly
William Kersen
Anthony Marsh
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
John Meredith
Tom Neal
Stanley Parlan
Herbert Patterson
Don Peters
Gene Rizzi
Henry Roquemore
Paul Scardon
James Seay
Frank Shannon
Cap Somers
Carl Stockdale
Harry Stubbs
Harry Tyler
John Whitney
Dick Winslow
Gordon Wynn