Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Robert Easton
- Thompson
- (as Robert Easton Burke)
Don Anderson
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Smith Ballew
- Union Captain
- (uncredited)
Albert Band
- Union Soldier Fording River
- (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
- Wounded Officer
- (uncredited)
Robert Board
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Wounded Soldier
- (uncredited)
Edwin Breen
- Confederate Flag Bearer
- (uncredited)
Joe Brown Jr.
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAfter seeing what MGM had done to the film, John Huston instructed his agent to include a clause in all future contracts guaranteeing that he would receive a copy of his director's cut on all of his films.
- GoofsAll the soldiers in Audie's infantry outfit have crossed rifles on their forage hats. The crossed rifle insignia was not adopted by the US army until the year 1876, before this it was a hunter's horn.
- Quotes
The General: Howdy Jim, Corporal. How are those wounds?
Soldier: Stinging some, General, but they're a-mending.
The General: That's fine, fine. Anybody care for a chaw?
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
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Keep in mind that many people involved with this film were WW2 vets. That's important, as I think it made a HUGE difference in how the film came out. Audie Murphy was the most decorated American soldier of WW2. Bill Mauldin wasn't a line soldier, but he'd been in the infantry before the war. He knew what the daily life of a grunt was all about. And director John Huston had directed films in WW2, standing at the front lines in Italy to do so. They all knew what war should look like. Had these people not been involved, I think this movie wouldn't have rung true as it did then and does today. Sure, the weapons, most of the uniforms and equipment are horribly wrong (this was in the days when a "trapdoor" Springfield rifle and Indian War era equipment was just fine for a Civil War film), but this film must be viewed on it's acting and photography. They got it across what it was like to be SHOT at, and how it felt to be terrified in battle, better than any film since, "All Quiet of the Western Front." Yes, it's seriously abridged and condensed (quite a feat when you consider how short the book is), but it gets the spirit across just fine. It's not perfect by any measure, but you'll never be able to get such a group together to re-make this film and have ring as trued as this classic.
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- Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
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- $1,640,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Red Badge of Courage (1951) officially released in India in English?
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