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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
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16 March 1951 (USA)
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Stephen Crane's Great American Story of the Civil War more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Audie Murphy | ... | The Youth | |
| Bill Mauldin | ... | The Loud Soldier | |
| Douglas Dick | ... | The Lieutenant | |
| Royal Dano | ... | The Tattered Man | |
| John Dierkes | ... | The Tall Soldier | |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | ... | Bill Porter | |
| Tim Durant | ... | The General | |
| Andy Devine | ... | The Cheery Soldier | |
| Robert Easton | ... | Thompson (as Robert Easton Burke) |
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69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (certificate #14937) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
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John Dierkes, who plays 'The Tall Soldier', also narrates the trailer.
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Factual errors: None of the soldiers is wearing the proper cartridge box which would have been slung over the shoulder and which had a round "Eagle" breastplate.
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Spoofed in "South Park: The Red Badge of Gayness (#3.14)" (1999)
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This movie, directed by John Huston, is arguably the finest Civil War movie of all time. The performances by the young Audie Murphy,America's most decorated soldier and all the cast are as true to life as can be found anywhere. The narration and ultra-realism gives an almost docu-drama feel. This movie is so short,at 69 minutes, that it never had a chance at the box office, and instead was probably seen mostly by school kids and a few old movie buffs. The only other movie that is almost as short and so successfully tells a story is "The Petrified Forest". The Red Badge of Courage is on my best movies of all time list.