Ključna beseda West Point

West Point, New York, 1830. Na priznani vojaški akademiji tik ob prizorišču parade najdejo obešenega kadeta. Domnevni samomor ni nič nenavadnega v tako strogem režimu kot je West Point, toda naslednje jutro pride do še grozljivejšega dejanja. Nekdo je vdrl v sobo, kjer je ležalo truplo in iz njega izrezal srce. Zato se vodstvo akademije odloči, da najame nekdanjega newyorškega policista Augustusa Landorja, da razišče ta dejanja. Medtem ko poskuša tej grozljivi skrivnosti priti do dna, nejevoljni detektiv za pomoč najame enega od kadetov: nenavadnega, a briljantnega mladeniča po imenu Edgar Allan Poe.

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season. The West Point Story, produced with the full cooperation of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Military Academy, was said to be based on actual files documenting many of the real-life dramatic occurrences at West Point over the years. Names and dates were altered in order to protect the privacy of the real people portrayed, however. The program was at first hosted by a fictional cadet, Charles C. Thompson, but this device was discontinued prior to the end of 1956. During its second season on ABC, The West Point Story was in competition with NBC's The Californians, set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s, and with The $64,000 Question quiz series on CBS. The West Point Story was replaced on the summer schedule in 1958 by Jack Wyatt's Confession, which continued to air during the first half of the 1958-1959 season in the 10 p.m. Tuesday evening time slot. At the time that The West Point Story was broadcast, four other military dramas aired either through syndication or on the major networks: Harbor Command, Navy Log, The Silent Service, and Men of Annapolis.