The Horse Soldiers (1959)

USA, 119 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Horse Soldiers
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1959-12-21

Cast

John Wayne
överste John Marlowe

William Holden
major Henry "Hank" Kendall, regementsläkare

Constance Towers
Miss Hannah Hunter från Greenbriar

Judson Pratt
fanjunkare (sergeant major) Kirby

Hoot Gibson
sergeant Brown

Ken Curtis
korpral Wilkie

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Titles

Original title
  • The Horse Soldiers
Swedish release title
  • De tappras väg
Distribution title
  • Kavaleristé (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Konnica (Polen)
  • Ratsuväen urhot (Finland)
  • 魔鬼騎兵團 (Kina)
  • Lovaskatonák (Ungern)
  • Der letzte Befehl (Västtyskland/Österrike)
  • Kavaleriets helte (Danmark)
  • Den blå brigade (Norge)
  • Les cavaliers (Frankrike)
  • Kavalleriets hjältar (Finland)
  • Misión de audaces (Spanien)
  • Marcha de heróis (Brasilien)
  • Marcha de valientes (Argentina)
  • Os cavaleiros (Portugal)
  • Soldati a cavallo (Italien)
  • Kahraman süvariler (Turkiet)
  • Cavaleriştii (Rumänien)
  • 기병대 (Korea)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Location Manager
Set Decorator
Propman
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Stunt
Other Crew

Cast

John Wayne överste John Marlowe
William Holden major Henry "Hank" Kendall, regementsläkare
Constance Towers Miss Hannah Hunter från Greenbriar
Judson Pratt fanjunkare (sergeant major) Kirby
Hoot Gibson sergeant Brown
Ken Curtis korpral Wilkie
Willis Bouchey överste Phil Secord
Bing Russell Dunker
O.Z. Whitehead Otis "Hoppy" Hopkins, sjukvårdare
Hank Worden Deacon Clump
Chuck Hayward major Woodward
Denver Pyle Jagger Joe, desertör
Strother Martin Virgil, desertör
Basil Ruysdael pastorn från Jefferson Military Academy
Carleton Young överste Jonathan Miles
William Leslie major Richard Gray
William Henry sydstatslöjtnant
Walter Reed nordstatsofficer
Anna Lee Mrs. Buford
William Forrest general Steve Hurlburt
Ron Hagerthy Lark
Russell Simpson sheriff Henry Goodbody
Althea Gibson Lukey, Hannahs jungfru
- Ej krediterade:
Stan Jones general Ulysses S. Grant
Richard H. Cutting general William T. Sherman
Jack Pennick fanjunkare "Mitch" Mitchell
Jan Stine nordstatsgeneral
William Wellman Jr. hornblåsare (bugler)
Sarge Allen nordstatsofficer
Dan Borzage Ned
Otis Courville soldat
Fred Kennedy soldat
Fred Graham nordstatssoldat
Sam Harris passagerare till Newton Station
Stuart Holmes passagerare till Newton Station
Charles Seel bartender i Newton Station
Roy Kennedy cowboy

Companies

Production Company The Mirisch Company Inc.
Batjac Productions Inc.
Mahin-Rackin Productions
Copyright The Mirisch Company Inc. 1959-06-17 LP14467
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB 1959

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95013
Date 1959-11-19
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3260 meters
Notes (klippen ej utförda)


Censorship number 94235
Date 1959-08-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3260 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 119 min


Original work

Original title The Horse Soldiers (Novel)
Author Harold Sinclair


Production location

1958-10 1959-01-08
Samuel Goldwyn Studios, 1041 N. Formosa Avenue West Hollywood, Kalifornien USA
Jefferson Military College Washington, Mississippi USA (filmens kadettskola)
Nachitoches, Louisiana USA
Alexandria, Louisiana USA
Homochitto River, Mississippi USA
Natchez, Mississippi USA
Texas USA

Release dates

First showing 1959-06-18 Shreveport, Louisiana USA 119 min
Other showing 1959-06-26 New York City, New York USA 119 min
Release in Sweden 1959-12-21 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 119 min
TV showing 1981-07-09 TV2 Sweden
1995-05-07 TV3 Sweden
1997-07-27 TV3 Sweden
1998-07-11 TV3 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title I Left My Love
Composer Stan Jones
Lyrics Stan Jones


Original title When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Lyrics Louis Lambert (1863)


Original title The Bonnie Blue Flag
Lyrics Harry McCarthy (1861)
Sung by kör


Original title Dixie
Composer Daniel Decatur Emmett (1860)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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