The Scarlet Coat (1955)
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Directors
John Sturges
Cast
Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders, Anne Francis
The story
In 1780 General Benedict Arnold commands the Continental Army defenses at West Point, New York. Major John Bolton (Cornel Wilde), a dragoon officer assigned to counterintelligence, intercepts and kills a British spy leaving the Storm King Tavern, and captures a letter found on his body. He reports to Gen.
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
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