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The horse soldiers [videorecording] / United Artists Pictures ; the Mirisch Company ; written for the screen by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin ; a Mahin-Rackin production ; directed by John Ford.

Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Added Author). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (Added Author). Holden, William, 1918-1981 (Added Author). Sinclair, Harold, 1907-1966 Horse soldiers. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Mirisch Corporation. (Added Author). MGM Home Entertainment Inc. (Added Author). John Wayne, William Holden. (Cast).

Summary:

Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task--and apparent suicide mission--is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.

Record details

ISBN: 0792849558
ISBN: 9780792849551
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Based on: The horse soldiers / by Harold Sinclair.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, William Clothier ; film editor, Jack Murphy ; music by David Buttolph.
Participant or Performer Note:	John Wayne, William Holden.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Language Note:	Language tracks: English, Spanish; subtitles: French, Spanish.