"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
Producer
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
Ken Kelsch
Director of Photography
Jay Freund
Editor
Leonard Finger
Casting
Stephanie Klapper
Howard Cummings
Production Design
Jea DeVoe
Art Direction
Lisa Caperton
Set Decoration
Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Costume Design
Joseph P. Hurt
Makeup Department Head
Rosalee Bologa Riggle
Hairstylist
Timothy J. Lonsdale
First Assistant Director
Eric Gruber
Construction Coordinator
Mark Cookson
Sound Effects Editor
Craig Sadler
Paul Urmson
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
Jim Bridges
Still Photographer
Kitty Olisky
Production Coordinator
Wendy Lee Roberts
Script Supervisor
David Grant
Dialogue Editor
Patrick Giraudi
Dan Jamele
Steve Scoville
Louis Creveling
James Thornton
Production Sound Mixer
Debbie Melford
ADR Editor
Tim Boggs
Supervising ADR Editor
Stanley Kastner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Ross
Marty Garrigan
Property Master
Unit Production Manager