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Title:

Assault at West Point [videorecording] : the court-martial of Johnson Whittaker / produced by Ultra Entertainment in association with the Mosaic Group, Inc. ; a presentation of Showtime Networks Inc. ; Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions Inc.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Republic Pictures,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

1 videocassette (approx. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut,--1858-1931--Drama.--Drama.
United States Military Academy--Drama.--19th century--Drama.
Feature films.
Television adaptations.
Historical films.
Trials (Military offenses)--West Point--West Point--Drama.
African American soldiers--Drama.--19th century--Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Jackson, Samuel L. act
Waterston, Sam. act
Gillam, Seth. act
Moses, Harry. drt
Marszalek, John F., 1939- Court-martial.
Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions, Inc.
Republic Pictures Corporation.

Other Titles:

The court-martial of Johnson Whittaker.

Notes:

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Based on the book: "The court-martial of Johnson Whittaker" by John F. Marszalek. Filmed on location in Lexington, Staunton, and Buena Vista, VA. Recorded in stereo. Rated PG-13. "No. 0125"--Cassette label. Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Waterston, Seth Gillam, Mason Adams, Val Avery, Eddie Bracken, Gene Canfield, Robert Clohessy, Al Freeman, Jr., Ken Garito, Greg Germann, John Glover, Brad Greenquist, Peter Maloney, George Martin, Scott Paetty, Josef Sommer.

Summary:

A dramatization of the court martial of Johnson Whittaker (Gillam) and the clash between a Harvard-educated black law professor (Jackson) and his co-defense, a racist white attorney (Waterston) more interested in upholding the honor of West Point than in seeing that justice is done.

ISBN:

9780782002881
0782002889

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30954989

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)