A Distant Trumpet
From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters
1964 · 1h 57m · APPROVED
Drama, Western
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
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.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Troy Donahue as 2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
- Suzanne Pleshette as Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
- Diane McBain as Laura Frelief
- James Gregory as Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
- William Reynolds as 1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring
- Claude Akins as Seely Jones
- Kent Smith as Secretary of War
- Bartlett Robinson as Major Hiram Prescott
- Mary Patton as Jessica Prescott
- Larry Ward as Sgt. Kroger
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