The Horse Soldiers (1959) | |
| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | John Lee Mahin (uncredited), Martin Rackin (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, War, Western |
| Top Topics | Civil War |
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The Horse Soldiers (1959) was a Adventure - War Film directed by John Ford and produced by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin.
SYNOPSIS
Union colonel Wayne leads a daring commando raid 300 miles into Confederate territory in an attempt to destroy a railway hub. Along the way, he butts heads with Holden, a doctor with misgivings about the mission. Ford's only Civil War movie.
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The Horse Soldiers (1959)
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 8, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsThe Horse Soldiers is the one and only teaming of John Wayne and William Holden in a story based on the raids of Colonel Benjamin Grierson during the Civil War. John Ford casts the story as a brand of folklore carried through the air by the songs sung on the trail by a regiment riding in their forma... Read full article
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
By Beatrice on Dec 10, 2016 From Flickers in TimeThe Horse Soldiers Directed by John Ford Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Racklin from a novel by Harold Sinclair 1959/USA The Mirisch Corporation/Mahin-Racklin First viewing/Netflix rental This is an OK civil war flick with good performances from John Wayne and William Holden. ?I expect somethi... Read full article
The John Ford Blogathon: THE HORSE SOLDIERS
By Dan Day Jr. on Jul 8, 2014 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThe legendary John Ford was a huge Civil War buff. He was fond of telling people that several of his ancestors fought in the conflict, and he even went so far to say that some of them fought on both sides. The Civil War is touched upon in a number of Ford's films, but it wasn't until 1959 that Ford ... Read full article
The John Ford Blogathon: THE HORSE SOLDIERS
By Dan Day Jr. on Jul 8, 2014 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThe legendary John Ford was a huge Civil War buff. He was fond of telling people that several of his ancestors fought in the conflict, and he even went so far to say that some of them fought on both sides. The Civil War is touched upon in a number of Ford's films, but it wasn't until 1959 that Ford ... Read full article
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Quotes from The Horse Soldiers
[they shake]
Col. John Marlowe: So long, Croaker.
Major Kendall: Take care, Section Hand. And if you should run into another doctor...
Col. John Marlowe: Yeah, I know... tree moss.
Miss Hannah Hunter: Major Gray, an actor... and Colonel Secord almost a senator... but Colonel Marlowe, you must be a professional soldier.
Col. John Marlowe: No, prior to this current insanity I was a railroad engineer.
Jackie Jo: Hey there - we're Confederates, but we ain't hostile - honest.
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Facts about The Horse Soldiers
The film is based on the true-life raid by Col. Benjamin Grierson who, as shown in the movie, began his expedition--known as Grierson's Raid--from LeGrange, Tennessee, in April of 1863.
When John Wayne (Col. Marlow) first meets William Holden (Maj. Kendall), he accuses him of being out of uniform because he is not wearing his sidearms. In that particular scene, Marlow is wearing a cavalry sword. But throughout the rest of the film, Marlow does not wear any sidearms. Even when the Confederate forces are charging through the street and one of his junior officers offers him a pistol, he waves it off.
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