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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
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Disappointing Day Fare
When previewing a performance for the musical show being put on, Cagney says "Wouldn't hiss, wouldn't cheer." That about sums it up perfectly, except that I am hissing - some. This movie musical about Cagney helping West Point cadets put on a musical revue, simply just lays there. Despite his energetic presence and the talents of Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, and Virginia Mayo, it comes across as lifeless. The musical numbers are upbeat and Cagney uses his whole body to show disgust for incompetent amateurs (if you've seen it, you know what I mean,) but the songs are not original or grand enough to really stand out. It may seem pleasant enough at the time, but after nearly two hours, you feel worn out. See another Doris Day or James Cagney film first.
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- Sep 8, 2011
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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