Springfield Rifle (1952)
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Springfield Rifle was Gary Cooper's third western in a row, released not long after the classic High Noon. Cooper plays Union army officer Lex Kearney, who undertakes a covert investigation to find out why the North's supply of horses has suddenly diminished. Because of the top-secret nature of his mission, Kearney is forced to distance himself from everyone he knows, including his wife Erin (Phyllis Thaxter) and son Jamie (Michael Chapin). Heading to a remote cavalry post, he discovers that renegade soldiers have been stealing horses and selling them to the South. Someone at the post has been operating as the thieves' "inside man," and Lex, posing as a dishonorably discharged soldier, aims to ferret out the traitor. Had it not followed directly on the heels of the critical and financial success of High Noon, Springfield Rifle might have fared better with audiences and reviewers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Gary Cooper - Maj. Alex Kearney
- David Brian - Austin McCool
- Lon Chaney, Jr. - Elm
- James Millican - Matthew Quint
- Wilton Graff - Col. Sharpe
- James Brown - Private Ferguson
- Poodles Hanneford - Corporal Hamel
- Jerry O'Sullivan - Lt. Evans
- William Fawcett - Corporal Ramsey
- Paula Sowl - Woman
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - Sgt. Snow
- George Ross - Riley
- Fess Parker - Jim Randolph
- Rory Mallinson - Barfly
- George Eldredge - Judge Advocate
- Edward Hearn - Calhoun
- Ray Bennett - Commissioner
- Phyllis Thaxter - Erin Kearney
- Paul Kelly - Lt. Col. John Hudson
- Philip Carey - Capt. Tennick
- Martin Milner - Olie Larsen
- Richard Hale - Gen. Henry W. Halleck
- Vince Barnett - Cook
- Jack Woody - Sims
- Ned Young - Sgt. Poole
- Holly Bane - Red
- Alan Hale, Jr. - Mizzell
- Ralph Sanford - Barfly
- Ric Roman - Guard
- Jack Mower - Guard
- Ben Corbett - Sgt. Major
- Ewing Mitchell - Spencer
- Michael Chapin - Jamie
- Director(s):
- André De Toth
- Writer(s):
- Frank Davis, Charles Marquis Warren
- Producer(s):
- Louis Edelman
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