Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

1952 | 1h 33m | Drama, Thriller | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A Union officer in the United States Civil War goes undercover — pretending to be court-martialed — to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

André De Toth

CAST

Gary Cooper

Phyllis Thaxter

David Brian

Paul Kelly

Philip Carey

Lon Chaney

James Millican

Guinn Williams

Alan Hale

Martin Milner

Wilton Graff

PRODUCERS

Louis F. Edelman

WRITERS

Frank Davis

Charles Warren

Sloan Nibley

Host Intros

01:43
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Related Videos

03:18
Springfield Rifle (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Used To Being Obeyed
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Gary Cooper is Kearney, a former Union Major court-martialed for surrendering horses to Confederate-backed raiders, now in with that same crowd, Fess Parker as friendly Randolph, David Brian as the boss McCool, Jack Woody as cowhand Sims, in the war-espionage Western Springfield Rifle, 1952.
02:46
Springfield Rifle (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Form Up At The Rear!
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First scene for Gary Cooper as union Major Lex Kearney, not gung-ho about chasing Confederate horse thieves in the Colorado Rockies, Tennick (Philip Carey) objecting, Snow (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) obeying, early in Springfield Rifle, 1952.
03:50
Springfield Rifle (1952) -- (Movie Clip) You've Given Enough
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Court-martialed Union major Kearney (Gary Cooper) getting snarky with ex-colleagues (Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Philip Carey) at a horse sale, then surprised when wife Erin (Phyllis Thaxter) arrives with news of their son, in Springfield Rifle, 1952.

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