An Annapolis Story

Older brother Jim Scott, Kevin McCarthy, and younger Tony Scott, John Derek, enroll as midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Jim looks after the impulsive Tony and helps him pass a difficult test so he can play football in the big Army-Navy game. However, Tony cannot follow the coach’s directions and is benched.

After the game, Jim introduces his longtime girlfriend Peggy Lord, Diana Lynn, and a rivalry soon develops over her affections.

With the Korean War looming, Jim and Tony are assigned to the same aircraft carrier during training. Jim continues to look out for Tony, even risking his own life.

During a maneuver at sea involving a helicopter and naval jets, Tony’s aircraft plummets off the deck in an aborted takeoff and he is knocked unconscious. Jim dives from a helicopter into the sea to rescue his brother.

When Tony is sent to the Naval Academy hospital to recuperate, he resumes courting Peggy and asks her to marry him. Peggy turns him down and is torn between the two brothers because Jim had already asked her to marry him, and she had put him off until after the Korean War is over.

After graduation, the two brothers are no longer close. As they begin advance training as jet pilots at Pensacola Naval Station, Tony attempts to patch up the relationship, but Jim rebuffs him.

Assigned to an aircraft carrier overseas, Tony and Jim are on leave in Tokyo, where Tony meets Peggy, who tells him that it is Jim whom she really loves. He finally accepts the situation, and when he has the chance to make amends, Tony rescues Jim during a dangerous mission while courageously fighting off an enemy fighter during the rescue attempt. Checking on his wounded brother, he sees Peggy is there already and that Jim and Peggy will be happy together.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 09:25