

The Horse Soldiers
1959 Directed by John FordA 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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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
Director
...........................................................John Ford
Executive Producer
...........................................................Walter Mirisch
Producer
...........................................................John Lee Mahin
Martin Rackin
Assistant Director
...........................................................Ray Gosnell Jr.
Wingate Smith
Screenplay
...........................................................Martin Rackin
Production Companies
...................................................United Artists
Mahin-Rackin
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Western
War
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