A Distant Trumpet (1964)
From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters
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.
- Date of release
- 1964-05-20
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- Director
- Raoul Walsh
Casting
- 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
- Larry Ward — Sgt. Kroger
- Richard X. Slattery — Sgt. Fry
- Bobby Bare — Pvt. Cranshaw
Recommended
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 · ★ 6.9
- Hombre 1967 · ★ 7.1
- 3:10 to Yuma 1957 · ★ 7.3
- The Last Sunset 1961 · ★ 6.8
- Don't Come Knocking 2005 · ★ 6.2
- Only the Valiant 1951 · ★ 6.5
- Silverado 1985 · ★ 6.9
- Forty Guns 1957 · ★ 6.6
- Ramrod 1947 · ★ 6.5
- No Name on the Bullet 1959 · ★ 6.6
- The Proud Rebel 1958 · ★ 6.0
- True Grit 1969 · ★ 7.3