Maj. Alex "Lex" Kearney
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Springfield Rifle is an American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1952. The film is set during the American Civil War and stars Gary Cooper, with Phyllis Thaxter and Lon Chaney Jr.
Springfield Rifle: Directed by André De Toth. With Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly. Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
- (2.3K)
- Thriller, War, Western
- André De Toth
- 1952-10-25
During the Civil War, Union forces stationed in Colorado are hampered by raiders who have been stealing their horses as they travel through the mountains. When several commanding officers begin to...
- (24)
- Andre de Toth
- Western
- Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper's return to the western following his Academy Award-winning performance in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952) plays like a superhero origin tale, forestalling the first appearance of the eponymous Springfield Rifle (1952) for seventy-five of the film's ninety-five minutes in order to show the need for the revolutionary breach-loading ...
- Andre Detoth, Frank Mattison
- Gary Cooper
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort.
A Western film starring Gary Cooper as a Union officer who tries to stop a Confederate plot. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
Major Lex Kearney, dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, has actually volunteered to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort.
