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title: 'Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harry Morgan Moses'
released: '1994-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/assault-at-west-point-the-court-martial-of-johnson-whittaker-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109161/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)

1994 · United States


## Synopsis

Assault at West Point is a 1994 Showtime made-for-cable drama film about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880. The film features Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays Richard Greener, a lawyer who defends Whittaker. The movie is based on historian John F. Marszalek's book Court Martial: A Black Man in America.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harry Morgan Moses](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan-moses)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Terence Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-blanchard)

## Cast

- [Samuel L. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-l-jackson)

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