The Red Badge of Courage (1951) 7.2
Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle. Director:John Huston |
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The Red Badge of Courage (1951) 7.2
Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle. Director:John Huston |
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| Audie Murphy | ... |
The Youth
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Bill Mauldin | ... |
The Loud Soldier
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| Douglas Dick | ... |
The Lieutenant
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| Royal Dano | ... |
The Tattered Man
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John Dierkes | ... |
The Tall Soldier
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Arthur Hunnicutt | ... |
Bill Porter
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Tim Durant | ... |
The General
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| Andy Devine | ... |
The Cheery Soldier
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| Robert Easton | ... |
Thompson
(as Robert Easton Burke)
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Plot centers around how a young recruit (Audie Murphy) faces the horrors of war. Character vascilates between wanting to fight and doubting his own courage. In midst of first bloody encounter, Youth runs away. After seeing dead and wounded, sense of shame leads him back to his unit, where he distinguishes himself in the next battle. Having overcome his fear of "the great Death" he knows e can face whatever comes. Somewhat sentimental "coming of age" tale was pet project of John Huston, who fought MGM over casting of Murphy and Bill Mauldin in lead roles. Written by Rita Richardson
This is really a very fine film and after seeing it on has to wonder why Audie Murphy never had more substantial roles in his career, as he was quite good in this film. As was mentioned in a previous post he was playing himself in the movie To Hell and Back and was essentially a B-Western actor the remainder of his career. This films shows that he was much more talented than one would ever know from watching the bulk of his films.