(1957) The Strange One
DRAMA
Adapted from a novel by Calder Willingham called "End as a Man" centering on students of a military college with senior military cadet Jocko De Paris (Ben Gazzara) bullying new freshmans, Simmons (Arthur Storch) and Robert (George Peppard) concocting the situation so that the major's (Larry Gates) son, Georgie (Geoffrey Horne) would incriminate himself by getting him expelled from the academy, as a result of being caught drinking. The ending is supposedly much more different than the ending of the novel it is based on. Reminiscent of "Taps" and "The Lords of Discipline" to name a few. This movie shows what can be defined as standard practice when superiors are not looking.
Adapted from a novel by Calder Willingham called "End as a Man" centering on students of a military college with senior military cadet Jocko De Paris (Ben Gazzara) bullying new freshmans, Simmons (Arthur Storch) and Robert (George Peppard) concocting the situation so that the major's (Larry Gates) son, Georgie (Geoffrey Horne) would incriminate himself by getting him expelled from the academy, as a result of being caught drinking. The ending is supposedly much more different than the ending of the novel it is based on. Reminiscent of "Taps" and "The Lords of Discipline" to name a few. This movie shows what can be defined as standard practice when superiors are not looking.