Not even fine acting by Ben Gazzara as a twisted cadet out to destroy a fellow cadet and the latter's father at a military acting can save this dreadful film.
What contributes to the misery of the film is the cast of dreadful characters led by a want-to-be chaplain and writer, both cadets at the academy who really know what has happened. There is an element of homosexuality in the film as the writer shows effeminate traits and the chaplain-to-be refuses to take a bath with the other cadets in the shower.
Gazzara is twisted and vicious here, somethings we often saw in his emotionally type performances.
The ending shows how the cadets coalesce to bring this character down. The film itself is totally unappealing.
What contributes to the misery of the film is the cast of dreadful characters led by a want-to-be chaplain and writer, both cadets at the academy who really know what has happened. There is an element of homosexuality in the film as the writer shows effeminate traits and the chaplain-to-be refuses to take a bath with the other cadets in the shower.
Gazzara is twisted and vicious here, somethings we often saw in his emotionally type performances.
The ending shows how the cadets coalesce to bring this character down. The film itself is totally unappealing.