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The Horse Soldiers
Film / 1959

The Horse Soldiers

Directed by John Ford
WesternWar

★ 6.9/10Audience rating

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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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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Strother MartinVirgil Basil RuysdaelThe Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy) Carleton YoungCol. Jonathan Miles, CSA William LeslieGray William HenryCaptain Walter ReedUnion Officer Anna LeeMrs. Buford William ForrestGen. Steve Hurlburt Ron HagerthyBugler Russell SimpsonHenry Goodbody Althea GibsonLukey Gertrude AstorTownswoman (uncredited) Bill BorzageTownsman (uncredited) Danny BorzageOld Soldier in Line (uncredited) John FordNed (uncredited) Jack PennickMitch (uncredited) Jan StineHoskins - Dying Soldier (uncredited) Sam HarrisMajor (uncredited) David AhdarSoldier (uncredited) Sarge AllenUnion Officer (uncredited) Gordon CarvethTownsman (uncredited) Jack R. ClintonTrooper (uncredited) Otis CourvilleSoldier (uncredited) Jane CrowleyTownswoman (uncredited) Richard H. CuttingGen. William T. Sherman (uncredited) Duke FishmanPrisoner at Newton (uncredited) Donald FosterDr. Marvin (uncredited) John GeorgeTownsman (uncredited) Helen GereghtyTownswoman (uncredited) Helen GibsonTownswoman (uncredited) Fred GrahamUnion Soldier (uncredited) Stuart HolmesPassenger to Newton Station (uncredited) Michael JeffersPrisoner at Newton (uncredited) Stan JonesGen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) Fred KennedySoldier (uncredited) Roy KennedyWrangler (uncredited) Philip KiefferOfficer (uncredited) Robert LewisTownsman (uncredited) Cliff LyonsUnion Sergeant (uncredited) Wilbur MackTownsman (uncredited) Charles SeelNewton Station Bartender (uncredited) George SowardsWagon Driver (uncredited) Mike SteenUnknown (uncredited) William Wellman Jr.Bugler (uncredited)

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