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Two Flags West is a 1950 Western drama set during the American Civil War, directed by Robert Wise and starring Joseph Cotten, Jeff Chandler, Linda Darnell, and Cornell Wilde. The opening credits contain the following statement:
On December 8th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a Special Proclamation, whereby Confederate Prisoners of War might gain their freedom, provided they would join the Union Army to defend the frontier West against the Indians.
Based on the historical service of "Galvanized Yankees", the film tells the story of a company of imprisoned Confederate Army cavalry troopers given such amnesty. The company of Georgia veterans journeys to a remote New Mexico post commanded by an embittered, Southerner-hating major who expects them to desert at the first opportunity. The fulfillment of that expectation is challenged by an attack on the fort itself by Kiowa.
Two Flags West was one of a wave of Civil War reconciliation-themed Westerns in the 1950s, in which soldiers from North and South combine against a common foe, that included Rocky Mountain (1950), The Last Outpost (1951), Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), and Revolt at Fort Laramie
(1957).
Original Release
10/12/1950
US Release
10/12/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Cotten | Col. Clay Tucker |
Linda Darnell | Elena Kenniston |
Jeff Chandler | Maj. Henry Kenniston |
Cornel Wilde | Capt. Mark Bradford |
Dale Robertson | Lem |
Jay C. Flippen | Sgt. Terrance Duey |
Noah Beery Jr. | Cy Davis (as Noah Beery) / Cy Davis |
Harry von Zell | Ephraim Strong |
Johnny Sands | Lt. Adams (as John Sands) / Lt. Adams |
Arthur Hunnicutt | Sgt. Pickens |
Directors
Writers
Casey Robinson, Frank S. Nugent, Curtis Kenyon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Cotten | Col. Clay Tucker |
Linda Darnell | Elena Kenniston |
Jeff Chandler | Maj. Henry Kenniston |
Cornel Wilde | Capt. Mark Bradford |
Dale Robertson | Lem |
Jay C. Flippen | Sgt. Terrance Duey |
Noah Beery Jr. | Cy Davis (as Noah Beery) / Cy Davis |
Harry von Zell | Ephraim Strong |
Johnny Sands | Lt. Adams (as John Sands) / Lt. Adams |
Arthur Hunnicutt | Sgt. Pickens |
Robert Adler | Hank |
Stanley Andrews | Col. Hoffman |
Jose Baca | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Marjorie Bennett | Mrs. Simpkins |
Chet Brandenburg | Confederate Soldier |
Bertha Brennan | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Buck Bucko | Confederate Soldier |
Bill Burch | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Harry Carter | Lt. Reynolds |
Aurora Castillón | Maria |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Casey Robinson | Producer |