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Stephen Crane
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
John Huston adapts and directs this tale of fear and bravery from Stephen Crane's novella for one of movies' most memorable portraits of men at war. Audie Murphy, America's most decorated World War II hero, plays the untested youth first running from and later facing his fears, and G.I. cartoonist Bill Maudlin is his wise, easygoing pal.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hailed as one of American literature's most influential works, The Red Badge of Courage has a young recruit facing the trials and cruelties of war. Stephen Crane's 1895 novel is set in the American Civil War. Private Henry Fleming flees from battle and his battalion, considering all lost. Stumbling upon injured soldiers, he feels the shame of deserting and of not possessing the "red badge of courage", the wounds of war. But later when Henry
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