movie poster for THE HORSE SOLDIERS

Flicks ID

11818

Cert

U

Running time

114 mins

Country

Format

DVD

THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959)

JOHN FORD

Plot

John Wayne grabs centre stage as the ruthless Colonel Marlowe in this powerful Civil War Western based on the Grierson Raid, when Union troops cut a swathe deep into the heart of the Confederacy to choke off vital supply lines. A thoughtful and compelling film on the futility of war from the master of the genre, John Ford.