The Horse Soldiers

John Wayne and director John Ford. Only this dynamite team could bring such a vintage Cavalry Western explosively to the screen. Based on actual incidents in 1863, Wayne and William Holden are the argumentative leaders of a Union Cavalry patrol sent on a mission to destroy the Confederate supply railway lines. This desperate order from General Grant climaxes with the bloody seige of Vicksburg - a turning point for the Union and the entire Civil War. © The Mirisch Company, Inc. Released through United Artists Corp.