Down-on-his-luck Broadway director Elwin Bixby (James Cagney) reluctantly accepts an assignment from producer Harry Eberhardt (Roland Winters) to stage a show at West Point. The show's writer is Tom Fletcher (Gordon MacRae), Eberhardt's nephew, and Eberhardt thinks he can make it into a
hit, so he instructs Elwin to persuade Tom to leave the Academy and star in a Broadway version instead. Once Elwin and his girl friend, Eve (Virginia Mayo), begin work on the show, he not only fails to get Tom to quit West Point but also must deal with Academy rules that wreak havoc on his
rehearsals. Frustrated, Elwin finally explodes and strikes a cadet. He is consequently instruc...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
107 mins