Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)

Name: Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Director: Harry Moses
Genre: TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1994-02-26
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Waterston, Mason Adams, Val Avery

TV Movie Thriller Drama

Director: Harry Moses

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Waterston, Mason Adams, Val Avery

Runtime95 min

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The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets

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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 Richard Greener, a lawyer who defends Whittaker. The movie is based on historian John F. Marszalek's book Court Martial: A Black Man in America.