IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
John Baer
- Young Cadet
- (uncredited)
DeWit Bishop
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
- President's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
- Plebe
- (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Luther Crockett
- Senator
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Cadet
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAt last minute, Jan (a female movie star) makes a surprise appearance in a role in an all-male West Point revue, in a part everyone assumed was to be played by a man. But a few minutes later there's a photo of her in closeup in the program featuring stars of the production.
- Quotes
Eve Dillon: You heel! Can't even pay a hotel bill! In debt up to your ears, and it's horses! Horses every second you're awake! Horses, horses, horses!
Elwin 'Bix' Bixby: [unapologetically] I don't drink or smoke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
- SoundtracksAlma Mater
(uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Kücken (song Treue Liebe)
Lyrics by Paul S. Reinecke
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits
Featured review
Cagney and Mayo are great
Jimmy Cagney reunites with his White Heat co-star Virginia Mayo in a very different kind of movie - a musical comedy about a Broadway director who goes to the West Point military academy to put on a show. Cagney is the Broadway director and Mayo is his singing and dancing girlfriend. The two have a banter and chemistry that I enjoyed a lot. Doris Day is Cagney's movie star protégé he ropes into helping with the show. She falls for West Point cadet Gordon MacRae and the two sing quite a bit. It's an enjoyable film, although the songs are mostly forgettable. I think this was meant as more of a showcase for rising stars Day and MacRae but it's Cagney and Mayo who keep the film interesting. Added bonus is seeing Alan Hale, Jr. act alongside Cagney. Jimmy was in several movies with Alan Hale, Sr. who died earlier this same year.
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- utgard14
- Jul 20, 2017
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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