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West Point

30min

Drama

The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season. The West Point Story, produced with the full cooperation of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Military Academy, was said to be based on actual files documenting many of the real-life dramatic occurrences at West Point over the years. Names and dates were altered in order to protect the privacy of the real people portrayed, however. The program was at first hosted by a fictional cadet, Charles C. Thompson, but this device was discontinued prior to the end of 1956. During its second season on ABC, The West Point Story was in competition with NBC's The Californians, set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s, and with The $64,000 Question quiz series on CBS. The West Point Story was replaced on the summer schedule in 1958 by Jack Wyatt's Confession, which continued to air during the first half of the 1958-1959 season in the 10 p.m. Tuesday evening time slot. At the time that The West Point Story was broadcast, four other military dramas aired either through syndication or on the major networks: Harbor Command, Navy Log, The Silent Service, and Men of Annapolis.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

The Mystery of Cadet Layton

1. The Mystery of Cadet Layton

30min

5th Oct 1956

The Operator and the Martinet

2. The Operator and the Martinet

30min

12th Oct 1956

Officer's Wife

3. Officer's Wife

30min

19th Oct 1956

Marriage is planned by a cadet and his fiancée after graduation; but as the girl observes difficulties experienced by an older married couple at the point, she decides to call it off instead.

The Honor Code

4. The Honor Code

30min

26th Oct 1956

Thicker Than Water

5. Thicker Than Water

30min

2nd Nov 1956

The Right to Choose

6. The Right to Choose

30min

9th Nov 1956

His Brother's Fist

7. His Brother's Fist

30min

16th Nov 1956

Decision

8. Decision

30min

23rd Nov 1956

A cadet who shows great talent is put in a position of choosing if he'll stay in the academy or pursue an art career. He stays too long at his socialite girl friend's house and must race back to West Point to make curfew.

His Highness and the Halfback

9. His Highness and the Halfback

30min

30th Nov 1956

Man of Action

10. Man of Action

30min

7th Dec 1956

Heat of Anger

11. Heat of Anger

30min

14th Dec 1956

Christmas Present

12. Christmas Present

30min

21st Dec 1956

Double Reverse

13. Double Reverse

30min

28th Dec 1956

The Hard Task

14. The Hard Task

30min

4th Jan 1957

The Army-Navy Game

15. The Army-Navy Game

30min

11th Jan 1957

Start Running

16. Start Running

30min

18th Jan 1957

Wrong Fight

17. Wrong Fight

30min

25th Jan 1957

Operation Survival

18. Operation Survival

30min

1st Feb 1957

West Point cadets are called on to aid in the rescue and evacuation of an area threatened by flood.

Jet Flight

19. Jet Flight

30min

8th Feb 1957

A program to expose West Pointers to flying takes a reluctant cadet on a jet flight with an older pilot. Later, he decides he wasn't cut out for flying, but must take one more mission. He does, but this time, the pilot blacks out in flight.

Combat Proof

20. Combat Proof

30min

15th Feb 1957

The Command

21. The Command

30min

22nd Feb 1957

White Fury

22. White Fury

30min

1st Mar 1957

Ambush

23. Ambush

30min

8th Mar 1957

The Only Witness

24. The Only Witness

30min

15th Mar 1957

Dangerous Area

25. Dangerous Area

30min

22nd Mar 1957

The Manhunt

26. The Manhunt

30min

29th Mar 1957

McKinley's Challenge

27. McKinley's Challenge

30min

5th Apr 1957

Cold Peril

28. Cold Peril

30min

12th Apr 1957

The Contact

29. The Contact

30min

19th Apr 1957

Backfire

30. Backfire

30min

26th Apr 1957

Flareup

31. Flareup

30min

3rd May 1957

M-24

32. M-24

30min

10th May 1957

Cadet Matt Tracy rebels against the Academy and flunks out of West Point when he neglects his studies in armored tactics. He joins the regular Army and goes to Korea.

The Harder Right

33. The Harder Right

30min

17th May 1957

The Drowning of the Gun

34. The Drowning of the Gun

30min

24th May 1957

Courageous Decision

35. Courageous Decision

30min

31st May 2007

Fight Back

36. Fight Back

30min

7th Jun 1957

Dragoon Patrol

37. Dragoon Patrol

30min

14th Jun 1957

The Deep End

38. The Deep End

30min

21st Jun 1957

Pressure

39. Pressure

30min

28th Jun 1957

First air date

5th Oct 1956

Last air date

31st May 2007

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks