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Eight years after Yankee Doodle Dandy, the gracefully aging James Cagney found some extra spring in his step for his role in The West Point Story, a snappy musical that finds Jimmy singin' and dancin' at the prestigious military academy. Elwin "Bix" Bixby (Cagney) is a big-city nightclub owner with a long history on Broadway, but he's down on his luck, and accepts an assignment to stage the annual cadets' musical at West Point, thinking he might be able to turn the show into a Broadway hit.
Original Release
11/25/1950
US Release
11/25/1950
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Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Elwin 'Bix' Bixby / Elwin Bixby |
Virginia Mayo | Eve Dillon |
Doris Day | Jan Wilson |
Gordon MacRae | Tom Fletcher |
Gene Nelson | Hal Courtland |
Alan Hale Jr. | Bull Gilbert |
Roland Winters | Harry Eberhart |
Raymond Roe | Bixby's 'Wife' |
Wilton Graff | Lieutenant Colonel Martin |
Jerome Cowan | Mr. Jocelyn |
Directors
Writers
John Monks Jr., Charles Hoffman, Irving Wallace
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Elwin 'Bix' Bixby / Elwin Bixby |
Virginia Mayo | Eve Dillon |
Doris Day | Jan Wilson |
Gordon MacRae | Tom Fletcher |
Gene Nelson | Hal Courtland |
Alan Hale Jr. | Bull Gilbert |
Roland Winters | Harry Eberhart |
Raymond Roe | Bixby's 'Wife' |
Wilton Graff | Lieutenant Colonel Martin |
Jerome Cowan | Mr. Jocelyn |
John Baer | Young Cadet |
DeWit Bishop | Cadet |
Tex Brodus | Cadet |
Wheaton Chambers | President's Secretary |
Chuck Courtney | Plebe |
Paul Cristo | Officer |
Luther Crockett | Senator |
Roy Damron | Cadet |
Guy De Vestel | French Premier |
Victor Desny | French Attaché |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Louis F. Edelman | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1951 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |