1957 - MEN OF WEST POINT: His Brother's Fist

 

Fact based
Head writer: Gene Roddenberry

Narrator: Donald May
With John Bernadino
Tom Kennedy: Leonard Nimoy

 

Rick and is younger brother Tom Kennedy regularly work out in boxing. They enjoy a swim in the pool as well as a good fight against each other. Rick is sure Tom could become world middle weight champion. Tom's leave from West Point is just ending and he is about to go back to serve as second lieutenant. Rick and his manager try in vain to convince Tom to pursue a boxing career. Rick drives him back to West Point the next day and meets Lon Milliken, a boxing champion there.

He talks to him about Tom's abilities. This makes Lon provoke Tom into fighting which he refuses because he has decided for a career in the army. Several incidents make Tom admit that he is scared. Lon uses every chance to make Tom fight and pushes him so far that Tom agrees to fight against Captain Blair, the light–heavyweight champion for 2 years and wins. After the fight, Tom hears Lon talk to Rick about his being scared and his admiration for Tom's fighting. Rick knew all the time that Lon had intrigued behind Tom's back and agrees to accept Tom's own decision now.