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The Horse Soldiers

...rides where only the great ones do!

1959 · PG · 1h 55m

Directed by John Ford

6.9

TMDB audience score
293 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

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Cast

  • John Wayne
    Col John Marlowe

  • William Holden
    Major 'Hank' Kendall

  • Constance Towers
    Miss Hannah Hunter

  • Judson Pratt
    Sgt Major Kirby

  • Hoot Gibson
    Sgt. Brown

  • Ken Curtis
    Cpl. Wilkie

  • Willis Bouchey
    Col. Phil Secord

  • Bing Russell
    Dunker, 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 (Jefferson Military Academy)

  • Carleton Young
    Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA

  • William Leslie
    Gray

  • William Henry
    Captain

  • Walter Reed
    Union Officer