The Horse Soldiers ★★½ 1959 An 1863 Union cavalry officer is sent 300 miles into Confederate territory to destroy a railroad junction and is accompanied by a fellow officer who is also a pacifist doctor. Based on a true Civil War incident. 114m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. John Wayne, William Holden, Hoot Gibson, Constance Towers, Russell Simpson, Strother Martin, Anna Lee, Judson Pratt, Denver Pyle, Jack Pennick, Althea Gibson, William Forrest, Willis Bouchey, Bing (Neil) Russell, Ken Curtis, O.Z. Whitehead, Walter Reed, Hank Worden, Carleton Young, Cliff Lyons;
Director:
John Ford;
Writer:
John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin;
Writer:
William Clothier;
Cameo:
David Buttolph.
