The Horse Soldiers
...rides where only the great ones do!
6.9(287) 1959-06-11 115 minWesternWar
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.
ScreenplayMartin Rackin
Original Music ComposerDavid Buttolph
ScreenplayJohn Lee Mahin
DirectorJohn Ford
ProducerJohn Lee Mahin
ProducerMartin Rackin
Cast & characters
John Wayne
as Col John Marlowe
William Holden
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Constance Towers
as Miss Hannah Hunter
Judson Pratt
as Sgt Major Kirby
Hoot Gibson
as Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis
as Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey
as Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
O.Z. Whitehead
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Hank Worden
as Deacon Clump
Chuck Hayward
as Union Captain
Denver Pyle
as Jackie Jo
Strother Martin
as Virgil
Basil Ruysdael
as The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
Carleton Young
as Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
William Leslie
as Gray
William Henry
as Captain
Walter Reed
as Union Officer
Anna Lee
as Mrs. Buford
William Forrest
as Gen. Steve Hurlburt
Ron Hagerthy
as Bugler
Russell Simpson
as Henry Goodbody
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Althea Gibson
as Lukey
Gertrude Astor
as Townswoman (uncredited)
