The Horse Soldiers

Adventure, Western, War

John Wayne	Col. John Marlowe
William Holden	Maj. Henry Kendall
Constance Towers	Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar
Judson Pratt	Sgt. Maj. Kirby
Hoot Gibson	Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis	Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey	Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell	Dunker
O. Z. Whitehead	Otis Hopkins
Hank Worden	Deacon Clump
O.Z. Whitehead	Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Althea Gibson

Director	John Ford
Producer	John Lee Mahin; Martin Rackin
Writer	Harold Sinclair; John Lee Mahin; Martin Rackin

“The Horse Soldiers” is a story about a Union Cavalry unit of 1,700 men that are sent behind confederate lines in the spring of 1863, their mission to destroy a railroad supply center. With the men within the unit is a doctor, Major Henry Kendall (William Holden) the regimental surgeon who causes instant antipathy between himself and the unit’s commander, Benjamin H. Grierson (John Wayne). As if that isn’t bad enough, the two are over heard arguing by a southern belle, Miss Hannah Hunter (Constance Towers) who is then taken with them to ensure her silence. Each member has his own reasons for seeing this mission out to the end in a final show down with Confederate troops in Baton Rouge.