Bugles in the Afternoon

“WHEN FLAMING ARROWS WERE THE SCOURGE OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY!”

5.2(13)19521h 25m

Western

Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.

Director

Roy Rowland

Cast

Ray Milland

Kern Shafter

Helena Carter

Josephine Russell

Hugh Marlowe

Capitano Garnett

Forrest Tucker

Donavan

Barton MacLane

Capt. Myles Moylan

George Reeves

Lt. Smith

James Millican

Sgt. Hines

Gertrude Michael

May

Stuart Randall

Bannack Bill

William Phillips

Tinney (as William 'Bill' Phillips)

Hugh Beaumont

Lt. Cooke

Bob Steele

Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead

Reviews

2 reviews

John Chard

12y ago

6.5

Guns, Arrows, Bugles and Revenge. Bugles in the Afternoon is directed by Roy Rowland and adapted to screenplay by Daniel Mainaring and Harry Brown from the Ernest Haycox novel. It stars Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton Maclane and George Reeves. A Technicolor production with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Wilfred M. Cline. Solid enjoyable fa...

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

Ray Milland ("Shafter") is cashiered out of the military after an altercation with "Garnett" (Hugh Marlowe) but struggles with civilian life, so re-enlists with a frontier regiment. At his new posting, he discovers that it is not just the marauding Sioux he has to worry about; his nemesis is also at the same fort, and outranks him. It doesn't help their openly displayed animosity, that both fancy ...