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The Red Badge of Courage

1951

John Huston

Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Andy Devine, Robert Easton ...

6.7

610

War Plot centers around how a young recruit (Audie Murphy) faces the horrors of war. Character vascilates between wanting to fight and doubting his own courage. In midst of first bloody encounter, Youth runs away. After seeing dead and wounded, sense of shame leads him back to his unit, where he distinguishes himself in the next battle. Having overcome his fear of "the great Death" he knows e can face whatever comes. Somewhat sentimental ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"In most respects, Mr. Huston has put 'The Red Badge of Courage' on the screen, and that means a major achievement that should command admiration for years and years."	POS
United States	Variety	"Within the limited format, director John Huston artfully projects the characters to capture a seemingly allegorical mood of all wars and the men involved in them"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"[Its fragments] exhibit a remarkable delicacy and depth of feeling that sometimes (...) approximates the visionary quality of the novel"	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"A powerful study of the waste of war (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It's the earliest example of Huston's propensity for sacrificing the humanity of his characters to artsy camera angles and distended compositions"	NEG

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