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An Annapolis Story

 
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An Annapolis Story

  • Director: Don Siegel
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: War
  • Movie Type: War Drama, Melodrama
  • Themes: Love Triangles, Military Life
  • Main Cast: John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy, Alvy Moore, Patrick Conway
  • Release Year: 1955
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 81 minutes

Plot

The faces are new and the settings up-to-date, but otherwise An Annapolis Story is the tried-and-true "two guys and one girl" formula. Filmed on location at the titular Maryland naval academy, the story centers upon two sibling cadets, Tony (John Derek) and Jim (Kevin McCarthy). The boys battle over the affections of Peggy (Diana Lynn), a triangle that seriously strains their fraternal relationship and compromises their effectiveness as officers-to-be and gentlemen. In the tradition of 1927's Wings, the conflict is resolved when one brother sacrifices his life for the other while serving in Korea. Among the other cadets in An Annapolis Story are Alvy Moore and L. Q. Jones, who twenty years later would team up to produce the cult-fave science fiction film A Boy and His Dog. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

John Kirby - Macklin; Barbara Brown - Mrs. Scott; Betty Lou Gerson - Mrs. Lord; Fran Bennett - Connie; Robert Osterloh - AGC Austin; John Doucette - Boxing coach; Don Kennedy - McClaren; Tom Harmon - Announcer; Don Haggerty - Lt. Prentiss; James Anderson - Instructor; Pat Dooley; George Eldredge - Capt. Lord; Don Keefer - Officer; William Schallert - Tony's instructor; Richard Travis - Comm. Wilson; Richard Carlson - Introductory narrator; L.Q. Jones - Watson; Sam Peckinpah - Pilot; John Ayres - Superintendant

Credit

Don Siegel - Director, William Austin - Editor, Marlin Skiles - Composer (Music Score), Joseph W. Crosley - Songwriter, Marlin Skiles - Songwriter, Sam Leavitt - Cinematographer, Walter Mirisch - Producer, Dan Ullman - Screen Story, Daniel Mainwaring - Screenwriter, Dan Ullman - Screenwriter

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An Officer and a Gentleman; Wings; Annapolis Salute
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