The Horse Soldiers
The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American adventure war western film set during the American Civil War directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely based on Harold Sinclair's 1956 novel of the same name, a fictionalized version of Grierson's Raid in Mississippi.
Plot
A Union cavalry brigade led by Colonel John Marlowe (John Wayne)—a railroad construction engineer in civilian life—is sent on a raid behind Confederate lines to destroy a railroad and supply depot at Newton Station. Major Henry Kendall (William Holden), a regimental surgeon who is torn between duty and the horror of war, is constantly at odds with Marlowe.
Cast
- Althea Gibson
- Anna Lee
- Basil Ruysdael
- Bing Russell
- Carleton Young
- Constance Towers
- Denver Pyle
- Fred Graham
- Hank Worden
- Hoot Gibson
- Jack Pennick
- John Wayne
- Judson Pratt
- Ken Curtis
- Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead
- Russell Simpson
- Strother Martin
- Walter Reed
- William "Bill" Henry
- William Forrest
- William Holden
- William Leslie
- Willis Bouchey
More details
| author | John Lee Mahin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mississippi |
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Jack Murray |
| genre | adventure historical western |
| keywords | baton rouge battle of new market battle strategy capture cavalry confederate confederate forces confederate states army confederate states of america force kill meet military school union wound |
| musicBy | David Buttolph |
| producer | John Lee Mahin Martin Rackin |
| productionCompany | The Mirisch Company |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | war |