Herbert Patterson

Un riche industriel engage le célèbre spécialiste des canulars Phillip Knight pour prouver qu'une île qu'il projette de développer n'est pas maudite par le vaudou. Cependant, en arrivant sur l'île, Knight se rend vite compte que le vaudou existe bel et bien lorsqu'il découvre des plantes mangeuses d'hommes et une tribu d'indigènes aux pouvoirs étranges.

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the trouble. The new preacher sets out to bring the two sides together and he says he will not need a gun.

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.