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Column South

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Column South
Directed byFrederick de Cordova
Screenplay byWilliam Sackheim
Story byWilliam Sackheim
Produced byTed Richmond
StarringAudie Murphy
Joan Evans
CinematographyCharles P. Boyle
Edited byMilton Carruth
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal International Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 20, 1953 (1953-05-20) (Los Angeles)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US)[1]

Column South is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.[2]

Plot

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In 1861, 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

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References

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