Dress Gray is a 1986 American television miniseries. The program, about a cadet at a West Point-like military academy who investigates the murder of a fellow cadet, was adapted for the screen by Gore Vidal from the novel of the same name by Lucian Truscott IV. Dress Gray has 172 ratings and 9 reviews. Lora said: An unusual book, to say the least. It is set at West Point during the late 1960’s as the Vietnam War. ![]() Find gray dress at ShopStyle. Shop the latest collection of gray dress from the most popular stores - all in one place. Shop the latest gray dresses on the world's largest fashion site. The latest critic and user reviews, photos and cast info for Dress Gray. Buy Dress Gray on Amazon.com FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. Dress Gray, ISBN 9781937957643, Premier Digital Publishing e-book by Lucien K. Truscott IV. Accepting the disclaimer that this is entirely a work of fiction, it still gives the appearance of a cathartic exposé of life for cadets at West Point in the `60's along with some questionable activity by its Commanders and other governmental officials. Dress Gray BlouseDress Gray Reviews & Ratings. Write review. In this 1. ![]() U. S. military academy. The screenplay has great misdirection. ![]() In this 1986 whodunit, the death of a cadet at a U.S. military academy provides the basis for a story dealing with repressed homosexuality. The screenplay has great misdirection. Buy the Dress Gray DVD from the Warner Bros. archive. Available for the first time on DVD from WBshop.com. You think the plot is headed one. Clues to the crime's solution are provided, but as with any. The acting ranges from good to excellent. Hal Holbrook gives his. Production values are high. And the music is suitably eerie. Cinematography is quite good, and the film's ending has an Oliver Stone. ![]() JFK" feel to it, a sense that you are privy to the revelation of a. My only complaint is the verbose script. They could have cut back the. Nevertheless, "Dress Gray" is a well- crafted film, with. A new student named David Hand (Patrick Cassidy) is found murdered at. Grant Military Academy. They discover that he had sex with another. Dress Gray VestIt also turns out he was in love with Rysam Slaight. Alec Baldwin) who is straight.. But the academy is. Then Hands' sister comes to investigate.. It may seem very tame today, but on TV in the late 1. The only reason this made it on was probably. Hand) or hate themselves. Still, for TV, they're portrayed pretty sensitively. But the subject is tiptoed around. People talk and talk and TALK about. Also this movie runs OVER 3 hours! There's no need for it to go that long. Still it is well written with good performances- -especially By Baldwin. So it's kind of worth. I give it a 7. Is it true that a homosexual is courting danger when he attempts to seduce. Interesting premise, and that is certainly so in this. Well acted by all concerned and the dialogue is. Comments like "Most of these cadets (poorly disguised West Point cadets). Reminders of the cheating scandals. ![]() Despite. that, the ending is upbeat and made me strangely proud of my country. Of course, I'm a sucker for a marching set of uniforms and for some insane. I get paid the same for. I do for fighting" came into my mind. The fighting in this movie has. West Point and. all national military academies. Paradoxically, the commandant is also. One of the subtleties about honor was brought to our attention as one of. Mark. Twain himself, Hal Holbrook. This cadet does not want to get into trouble. Honor Court against the falsely. But when asked the hard questions by Alec Baldwin (in top form), h. The twists and turns the plot takes before we know 'who dunnit' are. And Eddie Albert keeps us guessing as to which side of the. I now. own this one, and as proof of its excellence, I can't wait to see it. Like good literature, the proof of a good movie is that you get more out. Did you know that if you washed out of the military academies, you were. Viet Nam during the 7. That may have indeed been the case for. This is a highly superior TV miniseries which has never been on DVD and. It is based upon a best- selling. Vietnam War, written by Lucian Truscott. IV, grandson of World War II General Lucian Truscott Jr. It all rings. very true indeed, and the script is taut and brilliant, written by none. Gore Vidal. The plot is complex and highly textured. The. outstanding performance in the film is by the amazing Hal Holbrook as. Commandant of Cadets in the Academy, General Hedges. Rarely has the. brilliant Holbrook had the opportunity to take so much screen time to. Hedges is a scheming. Alec Baldwin plays the cadet with a conscience who confront Hedges, in. David versus Goliath saga of one lone cadet against all the. Strangely, this intensely male movie was. Glenn Jordan. I think that may have given. Most male. directors would have taken it for granted, as wallpaper. Jordan keeps a. highly professional pace throughout this tortuous plot, and sees to it. She rightly. concentrates more on the system and the cover- up than on the crime. In this story, whodunit is not the point, but rather will. It is strong stuff, set in an. All that. saluting and standing to attention and then at ease and the uniform. The miniseries is so. It is that gripping. Alec Baldwin gives a fabulous performance. Susan Hess, who vanished off most screens long ago. Lloyd Bridges gives his usual solid presence to the role of the. Superintendent. Eddie Albert is maybe not the right choice for the. Louisiana', but he does OK. Lane. Smith is magnificently unctuous as a toady colonel who will suppress. This film is more relevant now than when. The underlying message of this miniseries is profound, and was brought. Gore Vidal's pointed dialogue and structuring of. Lucian K. Truscott IV, scion of a military family, who went into. Gore Vidal. wrote a brilliant screenplay. Closeted gay men will identify with the. Patrick Cassidy plays a plebe at U. S. Grant Military Academy which is. West Point in all, but name is a closeted gay man who is hardly a. He's a champion athlete in high school who is the. Eddie Albert one of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals. Louisiana. He's also a total top and when someone he's. The body is found in the Hudson River. Ron Rifkin who is the Academy physician conducts an autopsy on Cassidy. Alec Baldwin another cadet who happens to have been. Cassidy's sister Susan Hess that he thinks this could be. Baldwin tells him that Cassidy was an excellent swimmer. That's a leak that sprung unfortunately when Deputy Commander of the. Academy Hal Holbrook and his hatchet man Lane Smith decide to cover up. This television film made in 1. Sixties before. Stonewall has an exceptional relevancy today. Back then being gay was. If you risked admitting it, you had. As we are now trying to get rid of the. Don't Ask, Don't Tell' it would do well to remember. Clinton administration was a. As for Holbrook just the thought of the fact that the U. S. Grant. Military Academy ever even had one of those kind of people as a cadet. When Baldwin insists on digging at the behest of. Susan Hess and his own sense of honor about the truth willing out. Holbrook becomes his enemy and is ready to hang Baldwin with that self. Holbrook is indeed a sinister figure, but Eddie Albert who in his. He wants to know the truth, except if his son turns out to have been. At that point he's all for shoving Cassidy's corpse back into the. Even with such veteran pros in the cast as Albert, Holbrook, Lloyd. Bridges as the school's commandant and Alexis Smith as Baldwin's. Patrick Cassidy. He. The lives of the people shown in Dress Gray are the best argument you. Don't Ask, Don't Tell and allowing GLBTQ. This film ought to be required. Congress. Dress Gray could have been much better had the mini- series been cut- down. There's almost no reason for the series to be this. There were too many padded moments were the characters talked and. And for what? For an ending that doesn't resolve. It's a shame because the actors are good and the script is. There are simply too many scenes with Hal Holbrook making. Alec Baldwin showing off his acting style. Production. wise, DRESS GRAY is still an above average TV fare. I just saw "Dress Grey" for the first time since it was shown on TV in. It got top ratings and reviews then. On IMDb, and also searching the Web, I haven't been able to find. David Harum (who played. Cadet Barham, head of the Honor Council) and Susan Hess (who played. Elizabeth Hand). According to IMDb, "Dress Grey" was Barum's only professional acting. Hess just disappeared after 1. That is disappointing, since they gave such striking performances."Blood and Orchids," is another favorite mini- series that I loved and. TV in 1. 98. 6 also. I have two other favorite: "Evita. Peron (1. 98. 1)," with Faye Dunaway, and "The Thornbirds." In general, I. Anyone out there with any info? Thanks! In fact, I was there in 1. I remember Alec. Baldwin etc. As far as the movie goes, it was a great flick! I loved. watching this after I graduated from New Mexico Military Inst. This movie. was long but the content was good and of course, Owen Wilson and I were. Perhaps this has influence on Owen? Add another review.
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