The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Acting
Jackson's controlled fury vs. Waterston's paternalistic guilt.
Writing
Flashback structure that indicts the present while dramatizing the past.
Director
Harry Moses
Samuel L. Jackson
Richard Greener
Sam Waterston
Daniel Chamberlain
Mason Adams
Henry D. Hyde
Val Avery
Gen. Sherman
Eddie Bracken
Maj. Charles T. Alexander
Gene Canfield
McIntosh
Robert Clohessy
Dan Broyles
Al Freeman Jr.
Old Johnson Whittaker
George Martin
President Rutherford B. Hayes
Ken Garito
Cadet Lewis Ostheim
Greg Germann
Vernon Bailey
John Glover
Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
Brad Greenquist
Dr. Beard
Peter Maloney
Capt. William Smith Michie
Scott Paetty
Cadet George Burnett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Whittaker's case helped expose the 'silencing' of Black cadets at West Point; the academy didn't formally graduate another Black student until 1936.
Shot on location at West Point, which reportedly made the production... tense. The army's cooperation remains surprising.
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