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By Graves Hopper

Updated 18 March 2023

Image info

Artist	Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer
Credit	Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c27496
License	pd
Desc	Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, with sketch pad
Usage	Public domain

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1951 film by John Huston

The Red Badge of Courage

Released	1951 (71 years, 9 months ago)

Director	John Huston
Duration	69 minutes
Genre	drama film and war film
Composer	Bronisław Kaper
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country of origin	United States of America
Screenwriter	John Huston, Albert Band and Stephen Crane
Producer	Gottfried Reinhardt

About The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage is a 1951 war film made by MGM. Directed by John Huston, it was produced by Gottfried Reinhardt with Dore Schary as executive producer. The screenplay is by John Huston, adapted by Albert Band from Stephen Crane's novel of the same name. The cinematography is by Harold Rosson, and the music score by Bronislau Kaper. The making of this film is the subject of Lillian Ross's 1952 book Picture, originally in The New Yorker.

The American Civil War film is a sparse but faithful retelling of the story, incorporating narration from the text to move the plot forward. Audie Murphy, a hero of World War II who later went into acting, played the lead role of Henry Fleming. Other actors include cartoonist Bill Mauldin, Andy Devine, Arthur Hunnicutt and Royal Dano.