A Distant Trumpet

1h 57m
Western
5.3

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.

Cast

Troy Donahue
2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Suzanne Pleshette
Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
Diane McBain
Laura Frelief
James Gregory
Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
William Reynolds
1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring
Claude Akins
Seely Jones
Kent Smith
Secretary of War
Bartlett Robinson
Major Hiram Prescott
Mary Patton
Jessica Prescott
Larry Ward
Sgt. Kroger
Richard X. Slattery
Sgt. Fry
Bobby Bare
Pvt. Cranshaw
Lane Bradford
Major Miller
Russell Johnson
Captain Brinker

Crew

Raoul Walsh
Director
Richard Fielder
Adaptation
John Twist
Screenplay
Paul Horgan
Novel
David Wages
Editor
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
William H. Wright
Producer
Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
William L. Kuehl
Set Decoration
Bob Herron
Stunts
William L. Campbell
Art Direction

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