The Horse Soldiers (1959) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Ford.

Cast

• John Wayne as Col John Marlowe
• William Holden as Major 'Hank' Kendall
• Constance Towers as Miss Hannah Hunter
• Judson Pratt as Sgt Major Kirby
• Hoot Gibson as Sgt. Brown
• Ken Curtis as Cpl. Wilkie
• Willis Bouchey as Col. Phil Secord
• Bing Russell as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
• O.Z. Whitehead as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
• Hank Worden as Deacon Clump
• Chuck Hayward as Union Captain
• Denver Pyle as Jackie Jo
• Strother Martin as Virgil
• Basil Ruysdael as The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)
• Carleton Young as Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA
• William Leslie as Gray
• William Henry as Captain
• Walter Reed as Union Officer
• Anna Lee as Mrs. Buford
• William Forrest as Gen. Steve Hurlburt
• Ron Hagerthy as Bugler
• Russell Simpson as Henry Goodbody
• Althea Gibson as Lukey
• Gertrude Astor as Townswoman (uncredited)
• Bill Borzage as Townsman (uncredited)
• Danny Borzage as Old Soldier in Line (uncredited)
• John Ford as Ned (uncredited)
• Jack Pennick as Mitch (uncredited)
• Jan Stine as Hoskins - Dying Soldier (uncredited)
• Sam Harris as Major (uncredited)
• David Ahdar as Soldier (uncredited)
• Sarge Allen as Union Officer (uncredited)
• Gordon Carveth as Townsman (uncredited)
• Jack R. Clinton as Trooper (uncredited)
• Otis Courville as Soldier (uncredited)
• Jane Crowley as Townswoman (uncredited)
• Richard H. Cutting as Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)
• Duke Fishman as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)
• Donald Foster as Dr. Marvin (uncredited)
• John George as Townsman (uncredited)

Crew

• John Lee Mahin — Screenplay
• Martin Rackin — Producer
• Martin Rackin — Screenplay
• William H. Clothier — Director of Photography
• David Buttolph — Original Music Composer
• Harold Sinclair — Novel
• John Ford — Director
• John Lee Mahin — Producer

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