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Harry Moses (written by)
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27 February 1994 (USA) more
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The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets... more | add synopsis
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Good Acting, but not for title character more (4 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Richard Greener |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | Daniel Chamberlain |
 | Mason Adams | ... | Henry D. Hyde |
 | Val Avery | ... | Gen. Sherman |
 | Eddie Bracken | ... | Maj. Charles T. Alexander |
| Gene Canfield | ... | McIntosh |
 | Robert Clohessy | ... | Dan Broyles |
| Al Freeman Jr. | ... | Old Johnson Whittaker |
 | Ken Garito | ... | Cadet Lewis Ostheim |
 | Greg Germann | ... | Vernon Bailey |
| John Glover | ... | Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner |
 | Brad Greenquist | ... | Dr. Beard |
| Peter Maloney | ... | Captain William Smith Michie |
| George Martin | ... | President Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Scott Paetty | ... | Cadet George Burnett |
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Assault at Westpoint (USA) (short title)
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Brazil:95 min | USA:98 min
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Anachronisms: The Garand rifle on the cover picture wasn't designed till the 1930s. more
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Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner:
They shouted, "This is how we mark hogs down South". How do they mark hogs down South?
Cadet Johnson Whittaker:
I don't know, I'm not a hogs marker.
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I am glad this story was dramatized. It is an excellent, if not frustrating story and it is played out well. I do have to disagree with the portrayal of Johnson Whittaker, though. I do not feel Seth Gilliam did a good job at portraying the conflict, emotion and frustration he must have felt. Scenes with Samuel L Jackson were, as always, excellent. And Sam Waterston was excellent playing a bigoted lawyer conflicted in his feelings towards race and upholding the law. This movie makes you incredulous. But, since it is accurate and based on the court records, gives us a good indication of the incredible injustices that the supposed justice system was upholding in the late 1800s. (I know, it was a court martial, not a trial, but still presumably based on justice.)