The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981)

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Mark Twain’s essay is brought to life with this film telling the Civil War story of a Confederate troop who has not been exposed to the atrocities of war. The film also adapts Twain’s short story “The War Prayer”.

Director: Peter H. Hunt.
Writers: Philip H. Reisman Jr. (screenplay), Mark Twain (story “The War Prayer”).
Stars: Joseph Adams, Gary McCleery, Roy Cockrum, Harry Crosby, William Youmans, Richard Howard, Dan Woodard, Michael Longfield, Jim Dachik, David Donovan, Theodore Geislinger, Tommy Score, Joseph Ashcroft, John Ross, Kelly Pease, Rex Robbins, Cynthia Nixon, Debbi Roth, Pat Hingle, Muriel Kellerhouse, Everett Ensley, Edward Herrmann, Wesley Addy.
Cinematographer: Walter Lassally.
Composer: William P. Perry.

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One Comment

  1. edwin t. morris
    June 4, 2025
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    So true. Thoreau would not fight the Mexican American War; he said it was the war of a bully against a weaer nation. In the Spanish American War, the Maine was not exploded by the Spanish, but by our allies. Mark Twain was a siritual and ethical and saw through this.

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