| Bugles in the Afternoon | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Roy Rowland |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Mainwaring (as Geoffrey Homes) Harry Brown |
| Based on | novel by Ernest Haycox |
| Produced by | William Cagney |
| Starring | Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe Forrest Tucker |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | William Cagney Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (North America)[1] |
Bugles in the Afternoon is a 1952 American Western film produced by William Cagney, directed by Roy Rowland and starring Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe and Forrest Tucker, based on the 1943 novel by Ernest Haycox.[2] The story features the Battle of the Little Big Horn.[3]
- ^ "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952", Variety, January 7, 1953. Please note this figure is of rentals accruing to distributors, not gross box office takings.
- ^ "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; 'Bugles in the Afternoon,' a Technicolor Western With Ray Milland, Bows at the Warner". The New York Times. March 5, 1952.
- ^ "BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 19, no. 216. London. January 1, 1952. p. 78.