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The Horse Soldiers

...rides where only the great ones do!

Rating 6.9 / 10Release June 11, 1959Runtime 115 min

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

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