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Drama

West Point

7.5(2)

First Aired:October 5, 1956

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:39

Status:Ended

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.

Cast

Donald May

Donald May

Cadet Lt. Charles C. Thompson /Host

Seasons & Episodes

E1The Mystery of Cadet Layton

Oct 5, 1956

E2The Operator and the Martinet

Oct 12, 1956

E3Officer's Wife

Oct 19, 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.

E4The Honor Code

Oct 26, 1956

E5Thicker Than Water

Nov 2, 1956

E6The Right to Choose

Nov 9, 1956

E7His Brother's Fist

Nov 16, 1956

E8Decision

Nov 23, 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.

E9His Highness and the Halfback

Nov 30, 1956

E10Man of Action

Dec 7, 1956

E11Heat of Anger

Dec 14, 1956

E12Christmas Present

Dec 21, 1956

E13Double Reverse

Dec 28, 1956

E14The Hard Task

Jan 4, 1957

E15The Army-Navy Game

Jan 11, 1957

E16Start Running

Jan 18, 1957

E17Wrong Fight

Jan 25, 1957

E18Operation Survival

Feb 1, 1957

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

E19Jet Flight

Feb 8, 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.

E20Combat Proof

Feb 15, 1957

E21The Command

Feb 22, 1957

E22White Fury

Mar 1, 1957

E23Ambush

Mar 8, 1957

E24The Only Witness

Mar 15, 1957

E25Dangerous Area

Mar 22, 1957

E26The Manhunt

Mar 29, 1957

E27McKinley's Challenge

Apr 5, 1957

E28Cold Peril

Apr 12, 1957

E29The Contact

Apr 19, 1957

E30Backfire

Apr 26, 1957

E31Flareup

May 3, 1957

E32M-24

May 10, 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.

E33The Harder Right

May 17, 1957

E34The Drowning of the Gun

May 24, 1957

E35Courageous Decision

May 31, 2007

E36Fight Back

Jun 7, 1957

E37Dragoon Patrol

Jun 14, 1957

E38The Deep End

Jun 21, 1957

E39Pressure

Jun 28, 1957

Storyline

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.

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