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      The Red Badge of Courage

      1951, War, 1h 9m

      15 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Henry Fleming (Audie Murphy) 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 (Bill Mauldin) and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge on the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.

      • Genre: War

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: John Huston

      • Producer: Gottfried Reinhardt

      • Writer: Albert Band, John Huston

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Vídeo, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.

      • Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer

      • Sound Mix: Mono

      Cast & Crew

      Audie Murphy
      Bill Mauldin
      John Dierkes
      Douglas Dick
      Royal Dano
      Andy Devine
      Smith Ballew
      Glenn Strange
      Dan White
      Frank McGrath
      John Huston
      Bronislau Kaper
      Harold Rosson
      Ben Lewis

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      • Jun 20, 2018

        Audie Murphy and John Huston team up for this spectacular look at the power of the group over the individual. It's wartime, and a newbie recruit frets on whether he will perform to group expectation or not when battle time arrives. It's all easier said than done, eh? Huston, obviously influenced by Hemingway, keeps the anxiety quietly amped up throughout the effort but particularly during the battles scenes. Why has no one told me of this exemplary work before?!?

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      • Jan 25, 2009

        In spite of the studio's blasphemous 'recut' of John Huston's work, <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> successfully illuminates the fragile psyche of the foot soldier in harm's way. Audie Murphy, given his own combat experience, seems perfectly cast as the civil war private battling fear and self-doubt while serving in a union regiment. Like the source material from which it sprang, this film is a study in humanity and man's astonishing ability to persevere.

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      • Nov 04, 2007

        For 1951 it was a pretty great movie. It had a great behind it, and got it acrossed well. I felt it ended a little suddenly, and to me it seemed like there seemed to be something missing, though im not sure what, but overall, it was a film , for any civil war buff, too see.

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      • Nov 26, 2006

        Completely devoid of emotional impact and messily structured, but Huston's direction is solid and the cinematography is marvelous. The film's flaws are more a result of the studio's lack of vision than Huston's, but they're there nonetheless.

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