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Director
  
Joseph Santley

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Language
  
English

The Spirit of Culver movie poster

Writer
  
Tom Buckingham
,
Clarence Marks
,
Whitney Bolton
,
Nathanael West

Release date
  
March 10, 1939 (1939-03-10)

The Spirit of Culver is a 1939 drama starring Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bartholomew. Directed by Joseph Santley and written by Whitney Bolton and Nathanael West, the film is a remake of 1932's Tom Brown of Culver.

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Plot

Tom Allen (Cooper), the son of a decorated war hero who is feared to have died in battle, wins a scholarship to the Culver military academy. His arrogance and unwillingness to comply with the academy's strict rules soon gets him in trouble, but through the help of his roommate he gets by.

Cast

  • Jackie Cooper - Tom Allen
  • Freddie Bartholomew - Bob Randolph
  • Andy Devine - Tubby
  • Henry Hull - Doc Allen
  • Jackie Moran - Perkins
  • Tim Holt - Capt. Wilson
  • Gene Reynolds - Carruthers
  • Kathryn Kane - June Macy
  • Walter Tetley - Hank
  • Pierre Watkin - Capt. Wharton
  • John Hamilton - Maj. White

    • Production

    Filming took place partly at Culver Military Academy. Tim Holt had been a student there.

    References

    The Spirit of Culver Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Spirit of Culver IMDb The Spirit of Culver themoviedb.org