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Forty Thousand Horsemen (DVD, 1940)

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Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the heroic tales of mateship during the Great War. Best mates Red Gallagher (Grant Taylor), Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) face a challenging time as soldiers in 1916. Stationed in Egypt with the promise of grand adventure, all they seem to manage is casual mischief in the Cairo nightclubs. But when German-backed Turkish forces attack British outposts in the Sinai desert, the soldiers climb into the saddle as mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse, participating in a fierce battle at Romani and on to Gaza. With fellow soldiers falling to the enemy, Red and his colleagues must overcome the odds and find the courage to contemplate one final charge a deadly assault across open ground to Beersheba. A masterful achievement of sight and sound, Chauvel staged the epic charge with 500 active members of the Light Horse and captured their dynamic assault with camera work by legendary cinematographers such as John Heyer, Tasman Higgins, Frank Hurley, Bert Nicholas and Damien Parer. Fully restored and presented in a brand new transfer, Forty Thousand Horsemen documents a most remarkable era of Australian wartime history.

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UPC9344256009624

eBay Product ID (ePID)3051098641

Product Key Features

ActorMichael Pate, Harvey Adams, Grant Taylor, Joe Valli, Pat Twohill, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty

Aspect Ratio4:3

RatingPG

Movie/TV TitleForty Thousand Horsemen

DirectorCharles Chauvel

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenreWar

Run Time100 Mins

TypeDvd

Additional Product Features

Release Year1940

Number of Discs1

DistributorUmbrella Entertainment

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4.7

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by icbm0
03 May, 2017Top favourable review
classic
Chips and Chauvel. excellent tribute to our history. Good story line. No blood and gore. You already know that
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by thorntonnorth
17 Apr, 2024Top critical review
Not as much action as the title
Not quite the horse picture. Turned into a romance. Some great horse and stunt riding. Great actors but not enough development.
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by daviscot_978
02 May, 2019
perfect title for the theme
As an early Australian epic it was pleasing to see such great special effects. The story may be a bit hammy but it was still entertaining
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by kristine24749
23 Nov, 2018
I recommend this DVD to all especially for PAL video users
I wanted to know about these brave soldiers an their great horses, this DVD explained a lot I wasn't aware of what really happened at Beersheba.
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by rsto2786
25 Apr, 2019
well worth buying
uniforms, horses, action shots, all bloody good and teal.
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by redsutton43
14 May, 2020
Good movie historical event an a piece of Australian movie history.
This is a piece of Australian film history . Beautifully restored both in vision and sound. I throughly recommend it and I intend to buy more of Charles Chauvel’s movies, particularly.JEDDA.
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by lane3375
29 Aug, 2019
Old Aussie movie
Showcases Australian history during World War 1 and an insight into early Australian film making.
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by imdisconut
11 Jun, 2020
A moment in HISTORY
Great old movie Brings back many memories
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by ronalhunte7
14 Apr, 2022
old classic
good item
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by onslow911
14 Dec, 2018
good film
good film
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