Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
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Directors
Roy Rowland
Cast
Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves
The story
U.S. Cavalry officer Capt. Kern Shafter is court-martialed for stabbing fellow officer Lt.
Genres
Western, Western film
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