Column South

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Column South
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Directed by Frederick De Cordova
Produced by Ted Richmond
Written by William Sackheim
Starring Audie Murphy
Cinematography Charles P. Boyle
Edited by Milton Carruth
Production
company
Release dates
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  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
84 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.1 million (US)[1]

Column South is a 1953 Western film starring Audie Murphy.[2]

Plot

Immediately prior to the American Civil War, a Union officer (Audie Murphy), tries to prove local Navajo Indians are innocent of killing a prospector. He has to fight the anti-Indian attitudes of his superior officer (Robert Sterling) and North-South tensions within the soldiers. He discovers Confederate sympathizers are planning to cause the Indians to go on the warpath for their own benefit.

Cast

References

  1. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  2. Column South at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site

External links

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