The Horse Soldiers (1959)

The Horse Soldiers
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  • Genre: War Western
  • Running time: 115 min
  • Premiere: 11th of June 1959

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
as Col John Marlowe
William Holden
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Constance Towers
as Miss Hannah Hunter
Judson Pratt
as Sgt Major Kirby
Hoot Gibson
as Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis
as Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey
as Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
O.Z. Whitehead
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Hank Worden
as Deacon Clump
Chuck Hayward
as Union Captain
Denver Pyle
as Jackie Jo
Basil Ruysdael
as The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
Carleton Young
as Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
Walter Reed
as Union Officer
Anna Lee
as Mrs. Buford
William Forrest
as Gen. Steve Hurlburt
Russell Simpson
as Henry Goodbody
Gertrude Astor
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Bill Borzage
as Townsman (uncredited)
John Ford
as Ned (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Mitch (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
as Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
John George
as Townsman (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
Stan Jones
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
as Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
George Sowards
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Mike Steen
as Unknown (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
as Bugler (uncredited)

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