The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
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. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: John Huston
Written By: John Huston, Albert Band, Stephen Crane
Starring: Andy Devine, Royal Dano, Audie Murphy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Easton, Douglas Dick, Bill Mauldin, Tim Durant
Genre: War
Country: USA
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The Red Badge of Courage belongs to 15 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
2. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 32 stars)
3. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
4. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
5. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
6. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
7. Films referenced in Histoire(s) du cinéma (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 5 stars)
8. Military (collaborative - 4 stars)
9. Adaptations from Classic Literature made into Movies (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 4 stars)
10. American Civil War (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
11. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)
12. Civil War (collaborative: moderated by Der_Barney - 2 stars)
13. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
14. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
15. I read the book (public: MzeeShikamu)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| May 07, 2022 | SHOCKULAR | 70 41st |
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Solid war film with great battle scenes that capture a view of battle as completely unfollowable chaos. Strong performance by Murphy and well handled by Huston. The film was famously cut by the studio from 120 to 69 minutes without consultation with Huston. I would have loved to have seen Huston's original vision for this, though it is believed to be lost.
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| Jun 14, 2019 |  |
Jimmy Suede | 75 58th |
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Pretty good, though not too subtle. Awful short. I keep reading about the way the studio cut it, which is a shame.
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| Apr 21, 2016 |  |
Henrik | 60 37th |
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Impressive battle scenes and the unusual compositions and tilted camera angles gives it an eerie feeling ahead of its time. But the studio-added narrator and butcher-cuts completely ruins it.
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| Feb 27, 2016 |  |
FrancoGonzo | 16 88th |
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Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
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| Apr 28, 2015 | caffe | 48 32nd |
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Feels too slight to really dig into it's themes. Famously heavily cut and one of those movies like Ambersons that one would really like to know just what was filmed and what existed in it's director's mind. Still well-made, well-acted and with an interesting twist on the experience of likely facing one's death in battle.
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| Sep 13, 2013 |  |
jodamico | 77 63rd |
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It's undercut by its stilted emphasis on fidelity to the book and the horrendous cuts at the hands of the studio, but even so there's a beauty and fragility that shines through. Moments of absolute grace and magnificence. The strength of its character despite awkwardness and false starts is very much in spirit with the appeal of Crane in the first place.
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| Nov 06, 2010 |  |
JooJoo | 3 30th |
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I don't see how even restoring this to its original cut would improve upon the terrible casting choices. The whole thing just has the feel of a made-for-TV movie.
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| Jun 11, 2010 |  |
dst7175 | 65 53rd |
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The battle scenes were pretty good but the rest of the movie was boring or out dated.
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| Average Percentile 51.67% from 108 Ratings |  |