Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) on Netflix
Approved19521h 25mDramaWestern
Kern Shafter is convicted at a court-martial for wounding Edward Garnett with a saber. He enlists in the 7th Cavalry, where Garnett commands a company and both men want Josephine Russell.
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Plot summary
Kern Shafter, a captain in the U.S. Cavalry, wounds Lt. Edward Garnett, another officer, with a saber during a violent quarrel and says he acted to defend his fiancée's honor. A court-martial convicts him, and he loses his commission. He drifts for a time, then enlists again, this time as a private with the 7th Cavalry, and travels to Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, meeting Josephine Russell on the way. His old friend Capt. Myles Moylan commands the company he joins, and Shafter takes the rank of sergeant. Garnett is posted at the same fort, now a captain with a company of his own. The two men hate each other, and their quarrel becomes a contest for Josephine.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
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- William Cagney bought the screen rights to the story in May 1944, intending the film as a vehicle for his brother James Cagney and a follow-up to Cagney's Blood on the Sun, but it was shelved when Cagney chose to star in The Time of Your Life instead.
- Ray Milland was announced as the film's star in April 1951, with Helena Carter, David Brian and Robert Preston also cast, but David Brian refused to appear and was suspended; Hugh Marlowe, borrowed from Twentieth Century-Fox, replaced him.
- Ward Bond, who had been cast as Sgt. Hines in the film, withdrew to appear in The Quiet Man instead and was replaced by James Millican.
- Warner Bros. hoped that Errol Flynn would play the lead in the film, announced in February 1951 along with plans to begin filming in May.
