6.4
Summary
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
Cast
Audie Murphy
The Youth
Bill Mauldin
The Loud Soldier
Douglas Dick
The Lieutenant
Royal Dano
The Tattered Man
John Dierkes
Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
Arthur Hunnicutt
Bill Porter
Tim Durant
The General
Andy Devine
The Cheery Soldier
Robert Easton
Thompson
William Phipps
Officer (uncredited)
William Schallert
Union Soldier (uncredited)
John Huston
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Soldier (uncredited)
Smith Ballew
Union Captain (uncredited)
Albert Band
Union Soldier Fording River (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Soldier (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
Wounded Officer (uncredited)
Robert Board
Soldier (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Edwin Breen
Confederate Flag Bearer (uncredited)
Joe Brown Jr.
Soldier (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Cavendish
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Mack Chandler
Veteran (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
Singing Soldier (uncredited)
Jimmy Clark
Stevens (uncredited)
Lyle Clark
Union Soldier (uncredited)
David Clarke
Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)
John Cliff
Soldier (uncredited)
John Crawford
Soldier (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Veteran (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Davis
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Dennis Dengate
Lieutenant (uncredited)
James Dime
Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Billy Dix
Soldier (uncredited)
James Dobson
Soldier (uncredited)
Gloria Eaton
Southern Woman at Farm (uncredited)
Lynn Farr
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Fischer
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Gene Garrick
Soldier (uncredited)
William Grueneberg
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Bill Hale
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
James Harrison
General's Aide (uncredited)
Joe Haworth
Soldier (uncredited)
Dick Haynes
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Jim Hayward
Soldier (uncredited)
Ed Hinton
Corporal (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Tennessee Jim
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Veteran (uncredited)
Todd Karns
Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Kent
Veteran (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Veteran (uncredited)
Herb Latimer
Corporal (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Jake - Veteran (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Soldier (uncredited)
Casey MacGregor
Veteran (uncredited)
Joel Marston
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Strother Martin
Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Captain (uncredited)
Frank Melton
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Nichols
Fat Union Soldier (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Veteran (uncredited)
Allen O'Locklin
Union Soldier (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
Soldier (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.
Passing Soldier - Veteran (uncredited)
William Phillips
Veteran Officer (uncredited)
Obed 'Bubb' Pickard Jr.
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
John Piffle
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Dixon Porter
Union Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
Lee Roberts
Union Soldier (uncredited)
William Roberts
Soldier (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Veteran (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Veteran (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Colonel (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Veteran (uncredited)
Hugh Thomas Jr
Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Soldier (uncredited)
Dan White
Sergeant (uncredited)
James Whitmore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Veteran (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Duke York
Veteran (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Writer
John Huston
Novel
Stephen Crane
Writer
Albert Band
Reviews
John Chard
April 20, 2014
9
When Yellow Becomes Red.
The Red Badge of Courage is directed by John Huston who also co-adapts to screenplay with Albert Band from the novel of the same name written by Stephen Crane. It stars Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Andy Devine, Robert Easton, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano, Arthur Hunnicutt and Tim Durant. Music is by Bronislau Kaper and cinematography by Harold Rosson.
The American Civil War and Union soldiers head South to confront the Confederate army. Young Henry Fleming (Murphy) is ill prepared for the horrors of war, so when the crunch comes he retreats from the first battle he’s faced with and has a life choice of either being known as a coward, or find something from within to make him strong enough to return to the front line.
Nutshell History Of The Production.
John Huston believed that this could have been his masterpiece, but an MGM power struggle saw the film butchered. A narration was insisted upon after poor test screenings, Huston washed his hands off the picture, while Lillian Ross produced a critically acclaimed book about the production. With no fanfare or bunting put out by the studio to promote the picture, the eventual 70 minute cut of the movie flopped as audiences didn’t quite like the tonal flows of the piece. Over time, even in its truncated form of just under 70 minutes, pic has garnered praise to become something of a classic as it stands, while also being considered as a lost masterpiece due to the cut material apparently being lost forever.
Beautifully photographed by Rosson, it’s a film that has often been tagged as some sort of arty exercise. Yet it never once feels like it has ideas above its station, it quite simply is a very intimate and touching portrayal of Americans fighting Americans. It doesn’t soft soap anything, deftly imbuing the narrative with the awfulness of the war and the effect on those wearing the uniforms. The period design is superb, the battle sequences crafted with great skill by Huston, and in Murphy the pic has a great fulcrum for youthful confusion acted with a skill that many still think he didn’t have.
Up close and personal, with raw emotional seeping from its pores, The Red Badge of Courage is a potent exercise in war film making. As Audie stands there at culmination of battle charge, holding in his hands the battered flags of both the Union and the Confederacy, the impact is quite something to behold. 8.5/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$1,640,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00
Keywords
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