The Horse Soldiers[]
1959, directed by John Ford
(IMDB Link) IMDB Summary: 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. The Union officers each have different reasons for wanting to be on the mission.
- John Wayne - Col. John Marlowe
- William Holden - Maj. Henry Kendall
- Constance Towers - Hannah Hunter
- Judson Pratt - Sgt. Maj. Kirby
- Hoot Gibson - Sgt. Brown
- Ken Curtis - Cpl. Wilkie
- Willis Bouchey - Col. Phil Secord
- Bing Russell - Dunker
- O.Z. Whitehead - Hoppy Hopkins
- Hank Worden - Deacon Clump
- Chuck Hayward - Union Captain
- Denver Pyle - Jackie Jo
- Strother Martin - Virgil
- Basil Ruysdael - Commandant
- Carleton Young - Col. Jonathan Miles
- William Leslie - Maj. Richard Gray
- William Henry - Captain
- Walter Reed - Union Officer
- Anna Lee - Mrs. Buford
- William Forrest - Gen. Steve Hurlburt
- Ron Hagerthy - Bugler
- Russell Simpson - Sheriff Goodbody
- Althea Gibson - Lukey
- Sarge Allen - Union Officer (uncredited)
- Gertrude Astor - Townswoman (uncredited)
- Bill Borzage - Townsman (uncredited)
- Danny Borzage - Old Soldier in Line (uncredited)
- Otis Courville - Soldier (uncredited)
- Jane Crowley - Townswoman (uncredited)
- Richard H. Cutting - Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
- Duke Fishman - Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
- Fred Graham - Union Soldier (uncredited)
- Sam Harris - Major (uncredited)
- Stuart Holmes - Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)
- Michael Jeffers - Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
- Stan Jones - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- Fred Kennedy - Soldier (uncredited)
- Roy Kennedy - Wrangler (uncredited)
- Wilbur Mack - Townsman (uncredited)
- Jack Pennick - Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)
- Charles Seel - Newton Station Bartender (uncredited)
- George Sowards - Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- Jan Stine - Hoskins, Dying Soldier (uncredited)
- William Wellman Jr. - Bugler (uncredited)