A Distant Trumpet

May 20, 1964

1h 57m

★ 5.3

From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard

Troy Donahue

Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring

Suzanne Pleshette

Laura Frelief

Diane McBain

Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint

James Gregory

1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring

William Reynolds

Seely Jones

Claude Akins

Secretary of War

Kent Smith

Major Hiram Prescott

Bartlett Robinson

Jessica Prescott

Mary Patton

Sgt. Kroger

Larry Ward

Sgt. Fry

Richard X. Slattery

Pvt. Cranshaw

Bobby Bare

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