"West Point" (1956) TV series 1956-1958

Writer:

Gene Roddenberry (episode)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

5 October 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Dramatic series of actual people and events at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Plot Keywords:

West Point | Military | U.S. Military Academy | Uniform | American Soldier

Cast

Donald May	...	Cadet Charles C. Thompson / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1957)
Chuck Connors	...	Maj. Neilson (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Don Eitner	...	Don Townsend (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Del Erickson	...	Cadet Harrison / ... (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Richard Jaeckel		(3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Steven Terrell	...	George Nelson (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Larry Thor	...	Captain Holmes (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Brett Halsey	...	Stephen Pauley / ... (3 episodes, 1957)

Series Directed by
James Sheldon		(9 episodes, 1956-1957)
Leon Benson		(2 episodes, 1956)

Series Writing credits
Gene Roddenberry		(9 episodes, 1956-1957)
Don Brinkley		(4 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Produced by
Leon Benson	....	producer (1 episode, 1956)
Ivan Tors	....	producer (1 episode, 1956)
Maurice Unger	....	producer (1 episode, 1957)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Hoffman		(unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Willard Kirkham	....	first assistant director (1 episode, 1956)
Erich von Stroheim Jr.	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 1956)

Series Music Department
Philip Egner	....	composer: theme music "West Point March" (40 episodes, 1956-1957)
Alfred Parham	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• ZIV Television Programs

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1956-1957)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1957-1958)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Company:

ZIV Television Programs

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Leave It to Beaver: The Visiting Aunts (#2.12)" (1958)

Soundtrack:

West Point March

The flush in program was a model for similar events at college campuses, including Miami University.

In the West Point series,one program dealt with a "flush in", in which the cadets coordinated an activity that had everyone flush simultaneously, creating a major hydraulic problem in the water system at the academy. In the campus demonstrations on the Vietnam War a decade later, at least one school, Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, replicated this as a symbol of protest. At a specified time, students all over campus flushed toilets and opened faucets, precipitating a major decline in water pressure. If there had been a fire in town, there would have been a real crisis, as there wasn't enough water to fight a fire. This incident was a factor in closing the university for a time, although it reopened before the end of the term, allowing for graduation, and a confused class situation. Some students suffered sanctions for this and other actions deemed detrimental to the university.