Product Information
The story of two Union Army cavalry officers who lead their men on a daring mission into Confederate territory in an attempt to destroy a rail centre.Product Identifiers
EAN5050070020304
eBay Product ID (ePID)30487616
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Wayne, Hoot Gibson, Constance Towers, William Holden
Film/TV TitleThe Horse Soldiers
DirectorJohn Ford
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
GenreWesterns
Run Time115 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerDavid Buttolph
Additional InformationTHE HORSE SOLDIERS, John Ford's only attempt at tackling the subject of the Civil War, is based on Grierson's Raid, part of the Union's assault on Vicksburg in April 1863. After a number of failed efforts at taking the Southern stronghold, Union leaders assign Col. John Marlowe (John Wayne), a railroad designer in civilian life, to lead a cavalry detachment to destroy a vital railroad hub at Newton Station, far behind Confederate lines. Marlowe's unit includes Major Kendall (William Holden), a cynical physician disgusted by the notion that there's glory in the carnage, and the politically ambitious Colonel Secord (Willis Bouchey). Marlowe temporarily appropriates the plantation of Southerner Hannah Hunter (Constance Towers) while in transit and is forced to take her along, in lieu of killing her, after she overhears his plans for Newton Station. As their journey continues, Marlowe realises that he is much more interested in Hannah than in her political sympathies. Wayne and Holden give gritty, soulful performances, and William Clothier's photography is outstanding in a film that delves beneath simplistic notions of heroism to reveal something more complicated, grisly, and real.
Movie/TV TitleThe Horse Soldiers
Director of PhotographyWilliam Clothier