The horse soldiers / United Artists Pictures ; the Mirisch Company ; written for the screen by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin ; a Mahin-Rackin production ; directed by John Ford.

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Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with th...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Western legends.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Buttolph, David, 1902-1983 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation
Mirisch Corporation
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Director)
Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984 (Screenwriter, Producer)
Rackin, Martin, 1918-1976 (Screenwriter, Producer)
Wayne, John, 1907-1979
Holden, William, 1918-1981
Towers, Constance (Actor)
Pratt, Judson, 1916-2002 (Actor)
Curtis, Ken, 1916-1991 (Actor)
Russell, Bing (Actor)
Worden, Hank, 1901-1992 (Actor)
Gibson, Hoot, 1892-1962 (Actor)
Bouchey, Willis (Actor)
Whitehead, O. Z. (Actor)
Clothier, William, 1903-1996 (Cinematographer)
Murray, Jack (Film editor)
Sinclair, Harold, 1907-1966
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language and/or Writing System:
Language tracks: English, Spanish; subtitles: French, Spanish.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Western legends.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama.
Estados Unidos > Historia > Guerra de Secesión, 1861-1865 > Teatro.
Feature films.
Western films.
War films.
Drama.
History.
1861 - 1865
United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Western films.
War films.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
Note:Based on: The horse soldiers / by Harold Sinclair.
"1001835"--Container.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0002621 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:0792849558
9780792849551
Credits:Director of photography, William Clothier ; film editor, Jack Murray ; music by David Buttolph.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt, Ken Curtis, Bing Russell, Hank Worden, Hoot Gibson, Willis Bouchey, O.Z. Whitehead, Chuck Hayward.