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Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • 19421942
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 42m
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6.2/10
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Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, George Montgomery, and John Sutton in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
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  • Drama
  • History
In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.
IMDb RATING
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301
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  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht(uncredited)
    • Talbot Jennings(uncredited)
    • Richard Maibaum
  • Stars
    • George Montgomery
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • John Sutton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht(uncredited)
    • Talbot Jennings(uncredited)
    • Richard Maibaum
  • Stars
    • George Montgomery
    • Maureen O'Hara
    • John Sutton
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    • 5User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Maureen O'Hara and George Montgomery in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
    Maureen O'Hara in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
    Maureen O'Hara and George Montgomery in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
    Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton in Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

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    George Montgomery
    George Montgomery
    • Joe Dawson
    Maureen O'Hara
    Maureen O'Hara
    • Carolyn Bainbridge
    John Sutton
    John Sutton
    • Howard Shelton
    Laird Cregar
    Laird Cregar
    • Maj. Sam Carter
    Shepperd Strudwick
    Shepperd Strudwick
    • Henry Clay
    • (as John Shepperd)
    Victor Francen
    Victor Francen
    • Florimond Massey
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Bane
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • Sgt. Scully
    Douglass Dumbrille
    Douglass Dumbrille
    • Gen. William Henry Harrison
    Ralph Byrd
    Ralph Byrd
    • Maloney
    Joe Brown Jr.
    • Benny Havens
    David Bacon
    David Bacon
    • Shippen
    Esther Dale
    Esther Dale
    • Mrs. Thompson
    Richard Derr
    Richard Derr
    • Chester
    Louis Jean Heydt
    Louis Jean Heydt
    • Jared Danforth
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Capt. Sloane
    James Flavin
    James Flavin
    • Capt. Luddy
    Edna Mae Jones
    • Letty
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht(uncredited)
      • Talbot Jennings(uncredited)
      • Richard Maibaum
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    • Trivia
      Film acting debut of Blake Edwards.
    • Goofs
      When Laird Cregar's character is freed, he seems to have suffered no cramps, etc., from having been tied up so long.
    • Quotes

      Carolyn Bainbridge: Mr. Scully, How long will the cadets be finish?

      Sgt. Scully: Say what going on here

      [looking at the picnic]

      Mrs. Thompson: Keep your dirty paws off that

      Carolyn Bainbridge: We're waiting for the cadets Mr Scully don't you think they drill enough

      Sgt. Scully: Oh your waiting for the cadets

      Carolyn Bainbridge: Yes you see it Mr. Shelton's birthday and this is little surprise

      Sgt. Scully: O'Toole you take these two ladies to the major

      Mrs. Thompson: [why they try to take them away] You just try and you get a surprise yourself

      Carolyn Bainbridge: Keep your hands off me you going to wish you were never born when I get through with you.

    • Connections
      Featured in Marshall's TV Theater: Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1960)
    • Soundtracks
      West Point March
      (uncredited)

      Music by Philip Egner

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    6/10
    The Corps The Corps
    If anyone is looking for a real history of the Military Academy at West Point Ten Gentlemen From West Point will not be what you are looking for. It should be remembered that we were just going to war in 1942 and this film and a film for the would be enlisted men and junior officers about the creation of the army brass who were leading them was a film that Darryl Zanuck and 20th Century Fox was ready to give the movie going public.

    What is true is that the Academy in its early years was a pretty slap dash affair which did face challenges to its existence. The superintendent who really got the place going on a full time basis was a man named Sylvanus Thayer who arrived in 1817 after the War Of 1812.

    But this story which is before the War Of 1812 has a man from the regular army come with a company of regular army men to be in charge of the Military Academy. Laird Cregar does not believe in the mission of the Academy, you only learn by being in the army and he says plainly to those new recruits is force them to quit and to close the Academy at West Point down.

    Of course the cadets show they have the right stuff and as we know West Point still exists. As for the particulars of the plot Washington society belle Maureen O'Hara whose father supported the idea of the Academy has two recruits sniffing around her in some deep heat. One is southern aristocrat John Sutton and the other is frontiersman from Kentucky George Montgomery. No doubt Montgomery was in a part that may have been offered to Tyrone Power first. Personally I think Maureen's favorite leading man John Wayne would have been ideal.

    She would have settled for either Ty or the Duke whom she spoke favorably of in her memoirs. Her rather distasteful memory of the film comes from Montgomery trying to take liberties with her while the film was shooting. Maureen said she loathed Montgomery and walked off the set, but came back and finished the film.

    It's not history but Ten Gentlemen From West Point holds up well as action/adventure entertainment.
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    • Release date
      • June 26, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Salute to Heroes
    • Filming locations
      • Sherwood Forest, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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