Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Directed by John Ford
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)

John Wayne commands a cavalry battalion deep into the heart of Mississippi during the Civil War. William Holden is the doctor with whom he frequently butts heads. They pick up southern belle Constance Towers at her antebellum mansion, and are forced to take her along in fear she may leak their whereabouts to the enemy. Spends a little too much time perhaps on the personal melodrama, but the action picks up towards the end.

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