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A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
John Baer
- Young Cadet
- (uncredited)
DeWit Bishop
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
- President's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
- Plebe
- (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Luther Crockett
- Senator
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAt last minute, Jan (a female movie star) makes a surprise appearance in a role in an all-male West Point revue, in a part everyone assumed was to be played by a man. But a few minutes later there's a photo of her in closeup in the program featuring stars of the production.
- Quotes
Eve Dillon: You heel! Can't even pay a hotel bill! In debt up to your ears, and it's horses! Horses every second you're awake! Horses, horses, horses!
Elwin 'Bix' Bixby: [unapologetically] I don't drink or smoke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
- SoundtracksAlma Mater
(uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Kücken (song Treue Liebe)
Lyrics by Paul S. Reinecke
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits
Featured review
Might have been great with Technicolor and better songs...
James Cagney really gives his all (and that's plenty of talent) to the role of a rambunctious song-and-dance man who takes over a show at West Point, with the help of a talented cast including Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson. Cagney struts around getting angry and defiant as only he can, bringing lots of much needed life to a tiresome script. It's one of his best as a song-and-dance man, making one wish he had done even more musical films.
But this one could have used Technicolor and a wittier script with better songs. All of the talent cannot overcome the story's limitations and the overuse of rear projection photography for many of the outdoor scenes. Alan Hale, Jr. gets some good chuckles out of his "Princess" role and there's a light-heartiness about the whole film that keeps it entertaining enough for the most part.
Doris Day is missing from the first third of the movie, but once she shows up she demonstrates why she became such a cheerful Warner Bros. star. She and Gordon MacRae do nicely by a couple of forgettable songs.
Summing up: Worth seeing for Cagney alone. He's in fine shape for some energetic dance routines.
But this one could have used Technicolor and a wittier script with better songs. All of the talent cannot overcome the story's limitations and the overuse of rear projection photography for many of the outdoor scenes. Alan Hale, Jr. gets some good chuckles out of his "Princess" role and there's a light-heartiness about the whole film that keeps it entertaining enough for the most part.
Doris Day is missing from the first third of the movie, but once she shows up she demonstrates why she became such a cheerful Warner Bros. star. She and Gordon MacRae do nicely by a couple of forgettable songs.
Summing up: Worth seeing for Cagney alone. He's in fine shape for some energetic dance routines.
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- Doylenf
- Mar 10, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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