The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat

Behind the story of Benedict Arnold were secrets until recently unknown

NR 1955 · 101 min · ★ 6.6 · History, Drama, Adventure, War

An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.

Directed by John Sturges · Written by Karl Tunberg

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Rent or Buy

Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTube

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 2m together

The Scarlet Coat

Bad Day at Black Rock

Both from John Sturges.

More from John SturgesSee all →

The Great EscapeThe Great Escape · 1963
The Great Escape
★ 7.91963
MovieAdventureDrama
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Magnificent SevenThe Magnificent Seven · 1960
The Magnificent Seven
★ 7.51960
MovieWestern
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Scattergood Meets BroadwayScattergood Meets Broadway · 1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
★ 7.51941
MovieComedy
Scattergood finds out that his neighbor, Elly Drew, is going to sell her home to support her son David, an aspiring playwright, who is in New York City trying to get his play produced. Scattergood decides to loan Elly the money but things are not as David has been telling his Mother...
Bad Day at Black RockBad Day at Black Rock · 1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
★ 7.31955
MovieWesternDrama
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Last Train from Gun HillLast Train from Gun Hill · 1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
★ 7.11959
MovieWestern
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralGunfight at the O.K. Corral · 1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
★ 7.01957
MovieWestern
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Kind LadyKind Lady · 1951
Kind Lady
★ 7.01951
MovieCrimeThriller
Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life. Little does she expect that his only interest in Mary is to covet everything she has.
JeopardyJeopardy · 1953
Jeopardy
★ 6.71953
MovieCrimeDrama
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
Saddle the WindSaddle the Wind · 1958
Saddle the Wind
★ 6.71958
MovieWestern
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake.
The Eagle Has LandedThe Eagle Has Landed · 1976
The Eagle Has Landed
★ 6.61976
MovieAdventureDrama
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
The Law and Jake WadeThe Law and Jake Wade · 1958
The Law and Jake Wade
★ 6.61958
MovieWestern
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.
The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea · 1958
The Old Man and the Sea
★ 6.51958
MovieAdventureDrama
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Hour of the GunHour of the Gun · 1967
Hour of the Gun
★ 6.51967
MovieWestern
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
Joe KiddJoe Kidd · 1972
Joe Kidd
★ 6.41972
MovieWesternDrama
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
Ice Station ZebraIce Station Zebra · 1968
Ice Station Zebra
★ 6.41968
MovieThrillerAdventure
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday, is dispatched to save them.
Escape from Fort BravoEscape from Fort Bravo · 1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
★ 6.31953
MovieWestern
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

More Like This

Where Eagles DareWhere Eagles Dare · 1968
Where Eagles Dare
★ 7.51968
MovieAdventureWar
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Mutiny on the BountyMutiny on the Bounty · 1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
★ 7.11962
MovieAdventureDrama
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Eye of the NeedleEye of the Needle · 1981
Eye of the Needle
★ 6.71981
MovieDramaThriller
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Cats & DogsCats & Dogs · 2001
Cats & Dogs
★ 5.42001
MovieFamilyComedy
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.
Agent Cody BanksAgent Cody Banks · 2003
Agent Cody Banks
★ 5.62003
MovieActionAdventure
Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.
The Madness of King GeorgeThe Madness of King George · 1994
The Madness of King George
★ 6.81994
MovieComedyDrama
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
The Black TulipThe Black Tulip · 1964
The Black Tulip
★ 6.31964
MovieAdventure
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
RevolutionRevolution · 1985
Revolution
★ 5.41985
MovieAdventureDrama
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
The DuchessThe Duchess · 2008
The Duchess
★ 7.02008
MovieDramaHistory
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Little NikitaLittle Nikita · 1988
Little Nikita
★ 6.01988
MovieDramaAction
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.
RidiculeRidicule · 1996
Ridicule
★ 7.01996
MovieComedyDrama
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
The SaintThe Saint · 1997
The Saint
★ 6.11997
MovieThrillerAction
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. SeverBallistic: Ecks vs. Sever · 2002
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
★ 4.42002
MovieActionAdventure
Jeremiah Ecks, an FBI agent, realizes that he must join with his lifelong enemy, Agent Sever, a rogue DIA agent with whom he is in mortal combat, in order to defeat a common enemy. That enemy has developed a "micro-device" that can be injected into victims in order to kill them at will.
ShiriShiri · 1999
Shiri
★ 6.41999
MovieActionAdventure
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter