A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet

From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters

NR 1964 · 117 min · ★ 5.5 · Western, Drama

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.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · Written by John Twist

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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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