The West Point Story
US Release Date: 25 November 1950
James Cagney — Elwin ‘Bix’ Bixby
Virginia Mayo — Eve Dillon
Doris Day — Jan Wilson
Gordon MacRae — Tom Fletcher
Gene Nelson — Hal Courtland
Alan Hale Jr. — Bull Gilbert
Broadway director Bix Bixby is persuaded whilst down on his luck to help the students put on a show at the West Point military academy. This was not one of Doris’s most popular movies as it relies strictly on star power and not plot. It did however receive an Oscar nomination for “Best Film Score”.
Director(s): Roy Del Ruth
Producer(s): Louis F. Edelman
Studio: Warner Bros. (USA)
Musical
Black and White
Alternate Title: This film was also known as Fine and Dandy