---
title: 'The Red Badge of Courage (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 69
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-badge-of-courage-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043961/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

1951 · 69 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

The Red Badge of Courage is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer American war film directed by John Huston and produced by Gottfried Reinhardt, with Dore Schary as executive producer. Huston wrote the screenplay, adapted by Albert Band from Stephen Crane's 1895 novel of the same name. The film's cinematographer was Harold Rosson, and the music score was composed by Bronislau Kaper. The production of the film is the subject of Lillian Ross's 1952 book Picture, originally published as a series in The New Yorker.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Albert Band](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-band)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Gottfried Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-reinhardt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Ben Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lewis)

## Cast

- [Douglas Dick](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-dick)
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore)
- [Royal Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/royal-dano)
- [Frank Sully](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sully)
- [Audie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/audie-murphy)
- [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell)
- [Guy Wilkerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-wilkerson)
- [Arthur Hunnicutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hunnicutt)
- [William Edward Phipps](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edward-phipps)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [Robert Easton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-easton)
- [Andy Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-devine)
- [John Dierkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dierkes)
- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)
- [Bill Mauldin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mauldin)

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Official site: http://www.redbadgeofcourage.org/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-badge-of-courage-1951
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