Forty thousand horsemen.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID3075 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: [Kew,Victoria] : Umbrella Entertainment [distributor], 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 DVD-video (92 min.) : sound, black & white ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: 40,000 horsemanSubject(s): Australia. Army. Australian Light Horse -- Drama | World War, 1914-1918 -- Cavalry operations -- Drama | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine -- Drama | World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | War films. Production credits: Directed by Charles Chauvel.Cast: Grant Taylor, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill.Summary: "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, Jim and Larry 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"--Container.
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"DAVID3075."
Originally released in 1940.
Includes special features>
Directed by Charles Chauvel.
Rated: PG.
DVD; Region 4.
In English. No subtitles.
"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, Jim and Larry 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"--Container.
Grant Taylor, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill.
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