7th Cavalry (film)
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| Directed by | Joseph H. Lewis |
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Harry Joe Brown Randolph Scott |
| Screenplay by | Peter Packer |
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A Horse For Mrs. Custer 1954 short story in New World Writing by Glendon Swarthout |
| Starring |
Randolph Scott Barbara Hale Jay C. Flippen |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
7th Cavalry is a 1956 American Technicolor Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis based on a story, "A Horse for Mrs. Custer," by Glendon Swarthout set after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Filmed in Mexico, the picture stars Randolph Scott and Barbara Hale.
Captain Tom Benson (Randolph Scott) has been granted a furlough to bring his bride-to-be Martha back to Fort Abraham Lincoln and his Regiment, the 7th Cavalry. Benson is mystified when he sees the fort apparently deserted with the colors not flying. Exploring the vacant post he is met by the hysterical Charlotte Reynolds (Jeanette Nolan) whose husband replaced Benson as commander of his "C" Company and was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Only a small group of misfits and guardhouse prisoners led by an old sergeant remain who have held a wake by drinking themselves into oblivion.
Once the commands of Major Marcus Reno (Frank Wilcox) and Captain Frederick Benteen (Michael Pate) have returned, they and the widows hold Benson in contempt, not only for not being at the battle in command of his men, but what they perceived as George Custer's liking for him, Benson's non-West Point background, and his career as a gambler until commissioned into the Regiment.
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