Assault at West Point is a 1994 Showtime made-for-cable drama film about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880. The film features Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays a lawyer who defends Whittaker. The movie is based on historian John F. Marszalek's book Court Martial: A Black Man in America.
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
Genres - Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Trial Film |
Release Date - Feb 26, 1994 |
Run Time - 98 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG-13
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Tags
Courtroom, Racism, Told In Flashback, West Point
Attributes
Narrative Location: set in the United States Military Academy
Subject: about race and ethnicity
Subject: about race and ethnicity
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Alternate Titles
Anschlag in Westpoint
DE
Asalto a West Point: El consejo de guerra a Johnson Whittaker
ES
Assault at West Point
US
Assault at Westpoint
US
Corte marziale - Death Sentence
IT
Der steinige Weg zur Gerechtigkeit
DE
Hendelsen på West Point
NO
Honor West Point
PL
Julgamento em West Point
BR, PT
Užpuolimas Vest Pointe
LT