A Distant Trumpet
From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters
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5/20/1964Runtime
117 minsGenres
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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.
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A classical western that follows a young cavalry officer navigating frontier duty, local conflicts, and romantic entanglement at a remote Arizona fort. It's a traditional tale of military honor and personal ambition set against the tensions of westward expansion.
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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
Larry Ward
Sgt. Kroger
Richard X. Slattery
Sgt. Fry
Bobby Bare
Pvt. Cranshaw
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