The Horse Soldiers
The Horse Soldiers
Release: 1959-06-11
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 7.0
Western
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
United Artists
Mahin-Rackin
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Willis Bouchey
as Col. Phil Secord
Bill Borzage
as Townsman (uncredited)
Basil Ruysdael
as The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
Carleton Young
as Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
William Henry
as Captain
Russell Simpson
as Henry Goodbody
Cliff Lyons
as Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Ken Curtis
as Cpl. Wilkie
O.Z. Whitehead
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Ron Hagerthy
as Bugler
Helen Gibson
as Townswoman (uncredited)
George Sowards
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Judson Pratt
as Sgt Major Kirby
Strother Martin
as Virgil
William Leslie
as Gray
Walter Reed
as Union Officer
Denver Pyle
as Jackie Jo
Hank Worden
as Deacon Clump
William Forrest
as Gen. Steve Hurlburt
Gertrude Astor
as Townswoman (uncredited)
John Ford
as Ned (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
as Bugler (uncredited)
William Holden
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Hoot Gibson
as Sgt. Brown
Jack Pennick
as Mitch (uncredited), Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
John Wayne
as Col John Marlowe
Constance Towers
as Miss Hannah Hunter
Bing Russell
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Chuck Hayward
as Union Captain
Anna Lee
as Mrs. Buford
Richard H. Cutting
as Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
John George
as Townsman (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
Stan Jones
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Mike Steen
as Unknown (uncredited)