A Distant Trumpet
From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters
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.
- 5.3
- 1964
- Released
- 1h 57m
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
Lane Bradford
Major Miller
Russell Johnson
Captain Brinker
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Reviews
War Eagle-Probably the greatest guerrilla fighter in the world today. A Distant Trumpet is directed by Raoul Walsh and written by John Twist with the adaptation from Paul Horgan's novel by Richard Fielder & Albert Beich. It stars Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, William Reynolds, Diane McBain, Claude Akins & James Gregory. Max Steiner provides the musical score and William H. Clothier is the ci