1959 · western · war · drama
The Horse Soldiers
Directed by John Ford1h 55m1959
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Our read: The Horse Soldiers (1959) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded western · war · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured western / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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