The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Samuel L. Jackson
as Richard Greener
Sam Waterston
as Daniel Chamberlain
Mason Adams
as Henry D. Hyde
Val Avery
as Gen. Sherman
Eddie Bracken
as Maj. Charles T. Alexander
Gene Canfield
as McIntosh
Robert Clohessy
as Dan Broyles
Al Freeman Jr.
as Old Johnson Whittaker
George Martin
as President Rutherford B. Hayes
Ken Garito
as Cadet Lewis Ostheim
Greg Germann
as Vernon Bailey
John Glover
as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
