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Column South
Column South
	Film poster
Directed by	Frederick de Cordova
Screenplay by	William Sackheim
Story by	William Sackheim
Produced by	Ted Richmond
Starring	Audie Murphy; Joan Evans
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal International Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 20, 1953 (Los Angeles);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million (US)

Column South is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.^[2]

Plot

In 1861, prior to the American Civil War, a Union officer ( Audie Murphy), tries to prove local Navajo Indians are innocent of killing a prospector. He has to fight the anti-Indian attitudes of his superior officer ( Robert Sterling) and north–south tensions within the soldiers. He discovers Confederate sympathizers are planning to cause the Indians to go on the warpath for their own benefit.

Cast

Audie Murphy as Lt. Jed Sayre
Joan Evans as Marcy Whitlock
Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Whitlock
Ray Collins as Brig. Gen. Storey
Dennis Weaver as Menguito
Gregg Palmer as Chalmers (as Palmer Lee)
Russell Johnson as Corp. Biddle
Jack Kelly as Trooper Vaness
Johnny Downs as Lt. Posick
Bob Steele as 1st Sgt. McAfee
James Best as Primrose
Ralph Moody as Joe Copper Face
Rico Alaniz as Trooper Chavez

References

^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
^ Column South at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site

External links

Column South at IMDb
Column South at the American Film Institute Catalog
Column South at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

[2] Column South at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site

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