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Genres:
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Adventure /
War /
Western /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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John Ford
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Actors:
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Hoot Gibson,
Constance Towers,
O.Z. Whitehead,
Hank Worden,
Judson Pratt,
John Wayne,
William Holden,
Ken Curtis,
Willis Bouchey,
Bing Russell
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Duration:
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115 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)72
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Plot Summary:
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Based on the true story of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson. In the Spring of 1863, Grierson left-wing bases in northern Mississippi, taking 1,700 troopers with him. According to Bruce Catton, Grierson "drove through chief Mississippi, tearing up railroads and upsetting [Confederate Generalized] Pemberton's troop deployments ahead reaching Union-held Baton Rouge."
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The Horse Soldiers
This stirring American Domestic Struggle epic was not liked on its present by fans of the great western numero uno John Ford: it's not in actuality a western and it seemed dramatically unconvincing. Today, however, Ford's glorious set pieces and heavenly use of landscape are genuinely sensational, and there's nostalgic value in seeing two great lamented silver screen stars (John Wayne and William Holden) teamed and contrasted so cleverly: it's medic Holden who mouths the liberal sentiments. The film is based on a true skirmish (the 1863 Grierson raid deep into the south to cut come up with lines to Vicksburg), and Ford tells the tale upright and true; but the succession that stays in the memory is that of the southern military cadets being ordered to lay down their inf...
The Horse Soldiers
Ford delivers his own take on the American Civil War in this loose retelling of the release of Colonel Benjamin H Grierson. Here he is renamed Colonel John Marlowe and played by Wayne, leading a body behind Confederate lines but hampered close to his companions. Holden is the colleague with whom he has a unnatural relationship and Towers is the Southern belle with her own agenda. The interaction between the two leads is contribute more compelling than the insight for their dispute, and Ford's attention to detail is as meticulous as everlastingly. Not one of his finest hours, but an interesting curio for fans.
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