The Horse Soldiers
Western
War
...rides where only the great ones do!
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.
1959-06-11
en
Cast
Director
John Ford
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
Gertrude Astor as Townswoman (uncredited)
Bill Borzage as Townsman (uncredited)
John Ford as Ned (uncredited)
Jack Pennick as Mitch (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting as Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
John George as Townsman (uncredited)
Helen Gibson as Townswoman (uncredited)
Fred Graham as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
Stan Jones as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons as Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack as Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Pennick as Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
Charles Seel as Newton Station Bartender (uncredited)
George Sowards as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Mike Steen as Unknown (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr. as Bugler (uncredited)