The Horse Soldiers - Original Trailer 1959

Based on an actual Civil War mission, Colonel Marlowe (John Wayne) and Major Kendall (William Holden) are ordered by General Grant to take three regiments 300 miles into enemy territory. They must destroy the railroad line between Newton Station and Vicksburg in hopes of choking off supplies to the South. Marlowe encounters a Southern belle loyal to the enemy, and keeps her in sight throughout the journey so she can't warn the Confederates. Kendall, a Northern surgeon, and the crusty Marlowe have their differences along the way. Action, romance and gory battlefield surgery accompany the army as the mission is completed. John Ford directed this film based on a novel by Harold Sinclair.

John Wayne - Col. John Marlowe
William Holden - Maj. Hank Kendall
Constance Towers - Hannah Hunter
Althea Gibson - Lukey
Hoot Gibson - Brown
Anna Lee - Mrs. Buford
Russell Simpson - Sheriff Capt. Henry Goodboy
Stan Jones - Gen. U.S. Grant
Carleton Young - Col. Jonathan Miles
Basil Ruysdael - Commandant, Jefferson Military Academy
Danny Borzage
Willis B. Bouchey - Col. Phil Secord
Ken Curtis - Wilkie
Richard H. Cutting - Gen. Sherman
William Forrest - Gen. Hurlbut
Donald Foster - Dr. Marvin
Fred Graham - Union soldier
Ron Hagerthy - Bugler
Sam Harris - Confederate Major / Passenger to Newton Station
Chuck Hayward - Union captain
William Henry - Union officer
Stuart Holmes - Passenger to Newton Station
Fred Kennedy - Soldier
William Leslie - Maj. Gray, Confederate artillery
Cliff Lyons - Sergeant
Strother Martin - Virgil
Jack Pennick - Sgt. Maj. Mitchell
Judson Pratt - Sgt. Maj. Kirby
Denver Pyle - Jagger Jo
Walter Reed - Union officer
Bing Russell - Dunker
Charles Seel - Newton Station commander
Jan Stine - Dying Man
William Wellman, Jr.
O.Z. Whitehead - "Hoppy" Hopkins
Hank Worden - Deacon Clump