About this season
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.
Episodes (39)
1. The Mystery of Cadet Layton
Aired 5 October 1956 • 30 min
2. The Operator and the Martinet
Aired 12 October 1956 • 30 min
3. Officer's Wife
Aired 19 October 1956 • 30 min
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.
4. The Honor Code
Aired 26 October 1956 • 30 min
5. Thicker Than Water
Aired 2 November 1956 • 30 min
6. The Right to Choose
Aired 9 November 1956 • 30 min
7. His Brother's Fist
Aired 16 November 1956 • 30 min
8. Decision
Aired 23 November 1956 • 30 min
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.
9. His Highness and the Halfback
Aired 30 November 1956 • 30 min
10. Man of Action
Aired 7 December 1956 • 30 min
11. Heat of Anger
Aired 14 December 1956 • 30 min
12. Christmas Present
Aired 21 December 1956 • 30 min
13. Double Reverse
Aired 28 December 1956 • 30 min
14. The Hard Task
Aired 4 January 1957 • 30 min
15. The Army-Navy Game
Aired 11 January 1957 • 30 min
16. Start Running
Aired 18 January 1957 • 30 min
17. Wrong Fight
Aired 25 January 1957 • 30 min
18. Operation Survival
Aired 1 February 1957 • 30 min
West Point cadets are called on to aid in the rescue and evacuation of an area threatened by flood.
19. Jet Flight
Aired 8 February 1957 • 30 min
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.
20. Combat Proof
Aired 15 February 1957 • 30 min
21. The Command
Aired 22 February 1957 • 30 min
22. White Fury
Aired 1 March 1957 • 30 min
23. Ambush
Aired 8 March 1957 • 30 min
24. The Only Witness
Aired 15 March 1957 • 30 min
25. Dangerous Area
Aired 22 March 1957 • 30 min
26. The Manhunt
Aired 29 March 1957 • 30 min
27. McKinley's Challenge
Aired 5 April 1957 • 30 min
28. Cold Peril
Aired 12 April 1957 • 30 min
29. The Contact
Aired 19 April 1957 • 30 min
30. Backfire
Aired 26 April 1957 • 30 min
31. Flareup
Aired 3 May 1957 • 30 min
32. M-24
Aired 10 May 1957 • 30 min
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.
33. The Harder Right
Aired 17 May 1957 • 30 min
34. The Drowning of the Gun
Aired 24 May 1957 • 30 min
35. Courageous Decision
Aired 31 May 2007 • 30 min
36. Fight Back
Aired 7 June 1957 • 30 min
37. Dragoon Patrol
Aired 14 June 1957 • 30 min
38. The Deep End
Aired 21 June 1957 • 30 min
39. Pressure
Aired 28 June 1957 • 30 min