The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Written by Harold Sinclair, John Lee Mahin

Directed by John Ford

Running Time: 135 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1959

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Macho western based on a true story. As Col. John Marlowe, John Wayne leads three Yankee cavalry units on a 300-mile trek to blow up a crucial rail link behind Confederate lines. The mission is made trickier when a southern belle overhears the plan.

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Cast

John Wayne		Col. John Marlowe
William Holden		Maj. Henry 'Hank' Kendall
Constance Towers		Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar
Judson Pratt		Sgt. Maj. Kirby
Hoot Gibson		Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis		Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey		Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell		Yankee Soldier Amputee
O.Z. Whitehead		Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Hank Worden		Deacon Clump
Chuck Hayward		Union captain
Denver Pyle		Jackie Jo
Strother Martin		Virgil
Basil Ruysdael		The Reverend
Carleton Young		Col. Jonathan Miles CSA
William Leslie		Maj. Richard Gray
William Henry		Confederate lieutenant
Walter Reed		Union officer
Anna Lee		Mrs. Buford
William Forrest		Gen. Steve Hurlbut
Ron Hagerthy		Bugler
Russell Simpson		Acting Sheriff Henry Goodbody
Althea Gibson		Lukey