A Distant Trumpet (1964) on Netflix
Approved19641h 57mDramaWestern
In 1883, newly graduated 2nd Lt. Matthew Hazard is posted to isolated Fort Delivery on the Arizona Territory's Mexican border. He meets Kitty, wife of 1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring.
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2nd Lt. Matthew Hazard, a recent graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, is assigned in 1883 to isolated Fort Delivery on the Arizona Territory's border with Mexico. There he meets Kitty, the wife of 1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring. A traveling merchant, Seely Jones, brings liquor, dance hall girls, and prostitutes in a wagon to the remote military post.
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The screenplay made significant changes to Paul Horgan's novel: the two female leads swapped character traits, making Kitty the heroine and Laura the negative personality, while the climax was rewritten so the Apaches were not sent to Florida and the male leads were restored to duty.
