| The Horse Soldiers | |
|---|---|
 1959 movie poster | |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | John Lee Mahin Martin Rackin |
| Based on | The Horse Soldiers 1956 novel by Harold Sinclair (1907-1966) |
| Produced by | John Lee Mahin (uncredited) Martin Rackin (uncredited) Allen K. Wood (production manager)[1] |
| Starring | John Wayne William Holden Constance Towers |
| Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Color process | Color by Deluxe |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.8 million (US and Canada rentals)[2] |
The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American adventure war film set during the American Civil War directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely based on the Harold Sinclair (1907-1966) 1956 novel of historical fiction of the same name, a fictionalized version of the famous Grierson's Raid by Federal cavalry in April–May 1863 riding southward through Mississippi and around the Mississippi River fortress of Vicksburg during the Vicksburg campaign to split the southern Confederacy by Union Army Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
- ^ Landesman, Fred (August 13, 2015). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 9781476609225.
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M164.