The Wrath of the Cadet

IMDb link: 0083169
IMDb rating: 6.8 (21,944 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Sean Penn, George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Harold Becker
Cast: Ronny Cox and others

Release date: 25 Dec 1981
Release year: 1981
Runtime: 126 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: student, military academy, military training, the future, military, school shooting, playing taps, tragic hero, teacher student relationship, battle

Plot:

An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141-year-old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander. Under the command of a student cadet major, the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.

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