Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.
Acting
Robert Cummings' early career earnestness before Hitchcock discovered him.
Production
Authentic West Point location shooting with actual cadets as extras.

Director
Kurt Neumann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kurt Neumann would later helm The Fly (1958), making this his most normal movie about transformation.
Released months before WWII, the film's gung-ho military spirit already feels like propaganda for a war America hadn't entered yet.