Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Written by Harry Brown, Ernest Haycox

Directed by Roy Rowland

Running Time: 85 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1952

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Roy Rowland's western stars Ray Milland as Kern Shafter, a cavalry officer reduced to the ranks after a fight with fellow officer Edward Garnett. Ten years after the event, Shafter is assigned to a cavalry outpost in Dakota where Garnett is the commanding officer. Still smarting after his humiliation, Garnett assigns him the most dangerous of scouting duties among the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and, to complicate matters, they both fall for the same woman, Josephine Carter. As both professional and emotional tensions rise, the action culminates at the Battle of Little Big Horn, where Shafter is sent to scout the enemy's positions while Garnett leads his men into battle alongside Custer

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Cast

	Ray Milland		Kern Shafter
	Helena Carter		Josephine Russell
	Hugh Marlowe		Capt. Edward Garnett
	Forrest Tucker		Donavan
	Barton MacLane		Capt. Myles Moylan
	George Reeves		Lt. Smith
	James Millican		Sgt. Hines
	Gertrude Michael		May
	Stuart Randall		Bannack Bill
	William 'Bill' Phillips		Tinney