Donald May
West Point (1956)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 5, 1956
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.west-point, tmdb.military-academy, imdb.west-point, imdb.u-s-military-academy, imdb.military, imdb.uniform + 3 more, imdb.place-name-in-title, imdb.u-s-soldier, imdb.anthology
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Mystery of Cadet Layton
Oct. 5, 1956, midnight
S1E2 - The Operator and the Martinet
Oct. 12, 1956, midnight
S1E3 - Officer's Wife
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.
Oct. 19, 1956, midnight
S1E4 - The Honor Code
Oct. 26, 1956, midnight
S1E5 - Thicker Than Water
Nov. 2, 1956, midnight
S1E6 - The Right to Choose
Nov. 9, 1956, midnight
S1E7 - His Brother's Fist
Nov. 16, 1956, midnight
S1E8 - Decision
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.
Nov. 23, 1956, midnight
S1E9 - His Highness and the Halfback
Nov. 30, 1956, midnight
S1E10 - Man of Action
Dec. 7, 1956, midnight
S1E11 - Heat of Anger
Dec. 14, 1956, midnight
S1E12 - Christmas Present
Dec. 21, 1956, midnight
S1E13 - Double Reverse
Dec. 28, 1956, midnight
S1E14 - The Hard Task
Jan. 4, 1957, midnight
S1E15 - The Army-Navy Game
Jan. 11, 1957, midnight
S1E16 - Start Running
Jan. 18, 1957, midnight
S1E17 - Wrong Fight
Jan. 25, 1957, midnight
S1E18 - Operation Survival
West Point cadets are called on to aid in the rescue and evacuation of an area threatened by flood.
Feb. 1, 1957, midnight
S1E19 - Jet Flight
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.
Feb. 8, 1957, midnight
S1E20 - Combat Proof
Feb. 15, 1957, midnight
S1E21 - The Command
Feb. 22, 1957, midnight
S1E22 - White Fury
March 1, 1957, midnight
S1E23 - Ambush
March 8, 1957, midnight
S1E24 - The Only Witness
March 15, 1957, midnight
S1E25 - Dangerous Area
March 22, 1957, midnight
S1E26 - The Manhunt
March 29, 1957, midnight
S1E27 - McKinley's Challenge
April 5, 1957, midnight
S1E28 - Cold Peril
April 12, 1957, midnight
S1E29 - The Contact
April 19, 1957, midnight
S1E30 - Backfire
April 26, 1957, midnight
S1E31 - Flareup
May 3, 1957, midnight
S1E32 - M-24
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.
May 10, 1957, midnight
S1E33 - The Harder Right
May 17, 1957, midnight
S1E34 - The Drowning of the Gun
May 24, 1957, midnight
S1E35 - Courageous Decision
May 31, 2007, midnight
S1E36 - Fight Back
June 7, 1957, midnight
S1E37 - Dragoon Patrol
June 14, 1957, midnight
S1E38 - The Deep End
June 21, 1957, midnight
S1E39 - Pressure
June 28, 1957, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 5, 1956
Last Air Date: May 31, 2007, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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