The Spirit of Culver

Infobox_Film
name = The Spirit of Culver


imdb_id = 0031962
producer = Burt Kelly
director = Joseph Santley
writer = Tom Buckingham, George Green, Clarence Marks (story)
Whitney Bolton, Nathanael West (screenplay)
starring = Jackie Cooper
Freddie Bartholomew
music = Frank Skinner
Charles Henderson
cinematography = Elwood Bredell
editing = Frank Gross
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 10 March, 1939
runtime = 89 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
"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.

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

External links

*imdb title | id=0031962 | title=The Spirit of Culver
*amg movie|id=1:111355| title=The Spirit of Culver
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/111355/The-Spirit-of-Culver/overview New York Times review]