The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Stephen Crane's Great American Story of the Civil War
Genre : Drama, War
Runtime : 1H 9M
Director : John Huston
Synopsis
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.
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