In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks. 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.
I always liked this movie because of John Wayne & William Holden. They were perfect for their 2 roles and the friction between the two men at the beginning of the movie to about half way worked. Constance Towers was pleasing to the eyes and her role as a southern bell captive of Yankees added some good humor to the movie.
Stars: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers and many other fine actors.
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John Paul Jones 1959, The Crossing 2000, The Patriot 2000, Tripoli Action 1950, The Buccaneer 1958, Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier 1955, Gone With The Wind 1939, The First Texan 1956, The Alamo 13 Days To Glory 1987, The Alamo 1960, The Alamo 2004, Gettysburg 1993, Gods and Generals 2003, Rough Riders 1997, To The Shores Of Tripoli 1942, The Last Command 1955, Glory 1989, Ironclads 1991, Field Of Lost Shoes 2015, 1270-Red Badge Of Courage 1951 and The Horse Soldiers 1959.
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A bit of movie trivia.
01: The film is based on the true life raid by Col. Benjamin Grierson, who, as shown in the movie, began his expedition, known as Grierson's Raid, from LeGrange, TN, in April of 1863.
02: Dr. Erastus Dean Yule, the real-life Union surgeon on whom William Holden's character Maj. Hank Kendall was based, actually did volunteer as depicted to stay behind and be taken prisoner by the Confederates along with the Union soldiers who were too seriously wounded to ride. However, this took place before the notorious Andersonville POW camp existed; prisoner exchanges were still routine, and he was exchanged in due course after a few months.
03: The part of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the beginning of the movie is played by Stan Jones, who also wrote the movie's musical theme, "I Left My Love" as well as the classic country-western song "Ghost Riders in the Sky."
04: One of the more historically accurate scenes is the destruction of the railroad property at Newton Station. Some of the rails were heated, then bent (sometimes twisted) around telegraph poles. This produced what many soldiers would call "Sherman's neckties". Other soldiers took heated rails and threw them into water. Both actions were designed to render the rails--then made of iron, not steel--unusable. The iron rails would for the most part be too brittle to use again.
05: The scene with the boys from the military academy was based on the actual Battle of New Market, in Virginia, where students from the Virginia Military Institute fought with Confederate troops led by Gen. John C. Breckenridge.
06: Jack Pennick trained the 150 cadets from Jefferson Military College, who appeared in the sequence of the Confederate boy soldiers, based on real events.
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