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The West Point Story

Play trailer Poster for The West Point Story Released Dec 22, 1950 1h 47m Musical Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A Broadway director (James Cagney) must turn cadet to stage a show with his girlfriend (Virginia Mayo) at the U.S. Military Academy.
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Bob Thomas Associated Press Much of it is entertaining, but it could have used about 20 minutes less plot. Jul 30, 2019 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Cagney rises above musical material, and even dances! Rated: 4/5 Mar 22, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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RICHARD S Excellent cast, well done film. Should have been in technicolor. Could have been more dancing by Nelson, less by Cagney. Day, as always, charming and wonderful doing her musical stuff and well cast. Mayo, too, incredibly beautiful playing well off Cagney. MacRae at his youthful best as a naive cadet well cast with Day. Worth a Sunday afternoon! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review Audience Member A very unique, though equally silly, musical, starring incredibly talented James Cagney. He had wonderful rapport both with Virginia Mayo (whom he worked with on White Heat) and the relative showbiz newcomer Doris Day. Pedestrianly directed, it would have fallen flat in a lesser cast's hands, but is raised by the charm, charisma and talent involved to a fine level. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Cagney rises above musical material, and even dances! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 1: Awful picture with virtually no redeeming qualities. I know why Cagney made it, he loved musicals and was patriotic and it fit his persona, but he doesn't give much of a performance. Doris Day and her charisma is about the only bright spot in this ho-hum and tired story. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The story is pretty interesting, the performances are fantastic (especially James Cagney who delivers and especially entertaining performance) , and the musical numbers are spectacular. The writing isn't perfect but overall, it's a good time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Watchable because of Cagney. and Doris Day in some small degree. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Broadway director (James Cagney) must turn cadet to stage a show with his girlfriend (Virginia Mayo) at the U.S. Military Academy.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros.
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 22, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 47m
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