7th Cavalry (1956 film)

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7th Cavalry is a 1956 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as an army officer returning to a post devastated by the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he must confront accusations of cowardice and uncover the truth about the massacre.

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instanceOf Western film
film
basedOn story by Glendon Swarthout
cinematographyBy Charles Lawton Jr.
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
director Joseph H. Lewis
distributor Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States
editedBy Richard Fantl
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingStyle live-action
genre Western
hasTheme aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
cowardice and honor in the military
historicalEventReferenced Battle of the Little Bighorn
language English
leadActor Randolph Scott
leadActress Barbara Hale
mainCharacter Captain Benson
militaryUnitReferenced 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army
musicBy Mischa Bakaleinikoff
narrativeLocation U.S. Army cavalry post
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An army officer returns to his post after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, faces accusations of cowardice, and seeks to uncover the truth about the massacre.
portrayedBy Randolph Scott
producer Harry Joe Brown
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1956
runtimeMinutes 75
screenwriter Charles Marquis Warren
Peter Packer
settingPeriod post–Battle of the Little Bighorn
starring Barbara Hale
Denver Pyle
Frank Faylen
Jay C. Flippen
Jeanette Nolan
Leo Gordon
Randolph Scott
title 7th Cavalry

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