"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
Brad Greenquist
as Dr. Beard
Peter Maloney
as Capt. William Smith Michie
Scott Paetty
as Cadet George Burnett
Josef Sommer
as Col. Morrow
Seth Gilliam
as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
Anthony Rapp
as Cadet Frederick G. Hodgson
Jim Grimshaw
as Grimes
James Bigwood
as Albert S. Southworth
Harry Moses
Director
Writer
Jay Freund
Editor
Howard Cummings
Production Design
Ken Kelsch
Director of Photography
Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Costume Design
Wendy Lee Roberts
Script Supervisor
Lisa Caperton
Set Decoration
Mark Cookson
Sound Effects Editor
Producer
Rosalee Bologa Riggle
Hairstylist
Timothy J. Lonsdale
First Assistant Director
Eric Gruber
Construction Coordinator
Stephanie Klapper
Casting
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
Craig Sadler
Jim Bridges
Still Photographer
Jea DeVoe
Art Direction
Paul Urmson
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
Leonard Finger
Kitty Olisky
Production Coordinator
Joseph P. Hurt
Makeup Department Head
David Grant
Dialogue Editor
Steve Scoville
Patrick Giraudi
Stanley Kastner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Boggs
Supervising ADR Editor
James Thornton
Production Sound Mixer
Louis Creveling
John Ross
Debbie Melford
ADR Editor
Unit Production Manager
Marty Garrigan
Property Master
Dan Jamele