Column South
{{Short description|1953 film by Frederick de Cordova}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Column South
| image = Colsouthpos.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Frederick de Cordova
| producer = Ted Richmond
| screenplay = William Sackheim
| story = William Sackheim
| starring = Audie Murphy
Joan Evans
| cinematography = Charles P. Boyle
| editing = Milton Carruth
| color_process = Technicolor
| studio = Universal International Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1953|5|20|Los Angeles}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross = $1.1 million (US)'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
}}
Column South is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.[http://www.audiemurphy.com/movies11.htm Column South] at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site
Plot
In 1861, prior to the American Civil War, a Union officer (Audie Murphy), tries to prove local Navajo Indians were innocent of killing a prospector. He has to fight the anti-Indian attitudes of his superior officer (Robert Sterling) and north–south tensions among the soldiers. He discovers Confederate sympathizers are planning to cause the Indians to go on the warpath for their benefit.
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Lt. Jed Sayre
- Joan Evans as Marcy Whitlock
- Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Whitlock
- Ray Collins as Brig. Gen. Storey
- Dennis Weaver as Menguito
- Gregg Palmer as Chalmers (as Palmer Lee)
- Russell Johnson as Corp. Biddle
- Jack Kelly as Trooper Vaness
- Johnny Downs as Lt. Posick
- Bob Steele as 1st Sgt. McAfee
- James Best as Primrose
- Ralph Moody as Joe Copper Face
- Rico Alaniz as Trooper Chavez
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0045637|title=Column South}}
- {{AFI film|id=53557|title=Column South}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=71256|title=Column South}}
- [https://archive.org/details/variety190-1953-05/page/n81/mode/1up? Review of film] at Variety
Category:1953 Western (genre) films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Western (genre) cavalry films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:American Civil War films
Category:Films directed by Frederick de Cordova
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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