La Charge victorieuse
The Red Badge of Courage
Au printemps 1862, alors que la Guerre Civile fait rage, le 304ème Régiment de l’armée de l’Union se morfond ; multipliant les exercices inutiles, rendus inquiets par le manque d’informations sur les évènements et s’ennuyant à mourir à force de ne pas avoir à se battre, les jeunes volontaires n’ont qu’une hâte, partir au front. Pour certains comme Henry Fleming (Audie Murphy), ce sera le baptême du feu ; tout en étant impatient d’en découdre en livrant sa première bataille, lorsque le moment fatidique arrive la peur s’empare de lui. Lors du second assaut des Confédérés dévalant d’une colline avec force cris, le soldat prend ses jambes à son cou et, tournant le dos à l’ennemi, s’enfuit à perdre haleine. Il se cache dans des fourrés et tarde un peu à reprendre ses esprits ; il croise d’interminables colonnes de blessés qui s’éloignent du front et, parmi eux, l’un de ses camarades qui meurt dans ses bras. Il ne s’en met pas moins à envier ses derniers qui ne retourneront pas combattre...
Production Countries
Production Companies
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gregg Barton
as Soldier (uncredited)
John Cliff
as Soldier (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Veteran (uncredited)
William Phipps
as Officer (uncredited)
Ed Hinton
as Corporal (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Veteran (uncredited)
Robert Easton
as Thompson
Robert Fischer
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
as Captain (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
as Veteran (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Soldier (uncredited)
Royal Dano
as The Tattered Man
David Clarke
as Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
as Jake - Veteran (uncredited)
Strother Martin
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Melton
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.
as Passing Soldier - Veteran (uncredited)
Lee Roberts
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
as Wounded Officer (uncredited)
Dan White
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Todd Karns
as Soldier (uncredited)
Douglas Dick
as The Lieutenant
Chet Brandenburg
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Brown Jr.
as Soldier (uncredited)
James Dime
as Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Bill Mauldin
as The Loud Soldier
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Bill Porter
Joel Marston
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Nichols
as Fat Union Soldier (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Veteran (uncredited)
John Huston
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
James Whitmore
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Duke York
as Veteran (uncredited)
Audie Murphy
as The Youth
John Dierkes
as Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
Tim Durant
as The General
Andy Devine
as The Cheery Soldier
Smith Ballew
as Union Captain (uncredited)
John Crawford
as Soldier (uncredited)
William Roberts
as Soldier (uncredited)
Albert Band
as Union Soldier Fording River (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Veteran (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
William Phillips
as Veteran Officer (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
as Soldier (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
as Colonel (uncredited)
William Schallert
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Gene Garrick
as Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Veteran (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Veteran (uncredited)
Crew
Bill Hickman
Stunts
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist, Recording Supervision
Terry Wilson
Stunts
John Huston
Director, Writer
Albert Band
Writer
Dore Schary
Executive Producer
Bob Herron
Stunts