A Distant Trumpet

Year: 1964

Runtime: 117 mins

Language: English

Director: Raoul Walsh

Western

Set in 1883, freshly commissioned West Point graduate Lieutenant Matthew Hazard is posted to the remote Fort Delivery on Arizona’s Mexican border. There he encounters the wife of his commanding officer, Kitty Mainwarring, and later saves her during a fierce Indian raid, reflecting the conflicts explored in Paul Horgan’s Pulitzer‑winning novel.

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