starring David Keith 1964: The Carolina
Military Institute, an academy where the all-white tradition of harsh discipline and violent humiliation has testered for over a century. Enforced by a secret society called 'The Ten', the regime ensures that none but the like-minded survives, but this year the Institute has taken on its first black cadet. Maverick senior Will McLean is assigned the dangerous task of keeping him both in the academy - and alive! A disturbing evocation of institutionalised bigotry.
Screenplay by THOMAS POPE and LLOYD FONVIELLE
Based on the novel by PAT CONROY Produced by HERB JAFFE and GABRIEL KATZKA
Directed by FRANC RODDAM
(First showing on British television)
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