The Red Badge of Courage (film)

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The Red Badge of Courage
Directed by	John Huston
Produced by	Gottfried Reinhardt
Written by	Stephen Crane (novel) John Huston
Starring	Audie Murphy Andy Devine Robert Easton Douglas Dick Tim Durant
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	March 16, 1951
Running time	69 min
Language	English
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The Red Badge of Courage is a 1951 war film made by MGM. It was directed by John Huston and produced by Gottfried Reinhardt with Dore Schary as executive producer. The screenplay is by John Huston, adapted by Albert Band from the Stephen Crane novel of the same name. The cinematography is by Harold Rosson and the music score by Bronislau Kaper. The making of the film is the subject of Lillian Ross's 1952 book Picture.

The American Civil War film is a sparse but faithful retelling of the story, incorporating narration from the text to move the plot forward. Audie Murphy, a hero of World War II who later went into acting, played the lead role of Henry Fleming. Other actors include cartoonist Bill Mauldin, Andy Devine, Arthur Hunnicutt, and Royal Dano.

Although this was reportedly one of Huston's favorite films, he left the editing to his staff so that he could be on the set of his next project, The African Queen.

One scene shows a section of US infantry wading a creek, and a soldier armed with a Springfield (1903) bolt action rifle.

The film is available on DVD.

[edit] See also

• The Red Badge of Courage

[edit] External links

• The Red Badge of Courage Site
• The Red Badge of Courage at the Internet Movie Database

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