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A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet
★ 5.5/10•1964•1h 57m•NR•Western•Drama

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.

Raoul Walsh · Director

John Twist · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 20, 1964

Actors

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard

Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring

Diane McBain

Diane McBain

Laura Frelief

James Gregory

James Gregory

Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint

William Reynolds

William Reynolds

1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Seely Jones

Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Secretary of War

Bartlett Robinson

Bartlett Robinson

Major Hiram Prescott

Mary Patton

Mary Patton

Jessica Prescott

Larry Ward

Larry Ward

Sgt. Kroger

Richard X. Slattery

Richard X. Slattery

Sgt. Fry

Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare

Pvt. Cranshaw

Lane Bradford

Lane Bradford

Major Miller

Russell Johnson

Russell Johnson

Captain Brinker

Judson Pratt

Judson Pratt

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