A Distant Trumpet

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A Distant Trumpet (1964)

NR 05/30/1964 (US) Western 1h 57m

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From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters

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In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.

Raoul Walsh

Director
Paul Horgan

Novel
John Twist

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Troy Donahue

2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Suzanne Pleshette

Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
Diane McBain

Laura Frelief
James Gregory

Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
William Reynolds

1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring
Claude Akins

Seely Jones
Kent Smith

Secretary of War
Bartlett Robinson

Major Hiram Prescott
Mary Patton

Jessica Prescott
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on February 9, 2017

War Eagle-Probably the greatest guerrilla fighter in the world today.

A Distant Trumpet is directed by Raoul Walsh and written by John Twist with the adaptation from Paul Horgan's novel by Richard Fielder & Albert Beich. It stars Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, William Reynolds, Diane McBain, Claude Akins & James Gregory. Max Steiner provides the musical score and William H. Clothier is the cinematographer.

1883, Fort Delivery, Arizona, and newly posted Lieutenant Matthew Hazard (Donahue) is about to be thrust into two wars. One is of the heart, the other pits him against the last pocket... read the rest.

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