"The Red Badge of Courage" (1974) - Richard Thomas Civil War Classic

I was extremely excited when I found out this movie was going to be shown on TV - I was 11 years old, almost 12 and probably read "Red Badge" about 5 times already - me and my older brother were big Civil War fans at the time, we ended up participating in the reenactment at Gettysburg in 1976 (underage but convincingly lied about my age). I like the Audie Murphy film but it was hacked to pieces by the producers because "who the hell wants to watch a Civil War movie?" Idiots. This was way before the more recent popularity of the war that came with the Ken Burns special, Glory, Gettysburg, etc. and the hundreds of books published about the war in the last few decades. We didn't have the Internet, only a few books at the local and school libraries but I did have a copy of the "American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War" which I still have that was read/reread and paged through hundreds of times. Even though reenactments started during the Centennial (1960s) there were very few local reenactors in the area in the early/mid 70s. Anyway..memories.

Remember watching this as a kid great movie. All Quiet was another good Thomas war movie.

I read this book many times in high school by far the best book I've ever read.. But I prefer the Audie Murphy movie version..

The current civil war re-enactment movement started soon after this movie was made. Imagine a new big budget production of this book with reenactors in the backgrounds to make the battle scenes the right size, with a good cast and directing

Loved watching this movie when I was little! Thanks for uploading it!

Thank you for this!

Oldie but Goodie. Thanks.

Great Movie Richard Thomas Civil War

Was ok, nice to see Richard Thomas after all these years, used to watch the Walton's when I was a kid.

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Un excelente remake de ese gran clásico de Stephen Crain en ser llevado a la gran pantalla y con tan buenos actores, como fue Richard Thomas en hacer del soldado Henry Fleming. Simplemente genial de principio a fin. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.

I read this book in high school. Memories.

Richard Thomas always delivers. This is a classic work of arr,tho the novel is always better.

I remember seeing this when it aired

great movie

I read this book in 8th grade.

Beautiful short novel by S.Crane,❤️

A Heroic deed as ones Endeavor to Persevere butchery evoked by Man/Brother/Presidents, we all.

Respect the kid with the drum...good movie

Marlin Brando, Antonio Bandaras, and Omar Sharif were all Magnificent in this movie!