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  1. Forty Thousand Horsemen (aka 40,000 Horsemen) is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse (mounted rifleman as distinct from cavalry) which operated in the desert at the Sinai and Palestine campaign during World War I. It follows the adventures of three rowdy heroes in ...

  2. 40,000 Horsemen: Directed by Charles Chauvel. With Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill. Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine.

    • (241)
    • Drama, History, War
    • Charles Chauvel
    • 1940-12-26
  3. 6/10. The End of Cavalry Charges - 40,000 Horsemen. Cavalry charges were a staple of action films from Hollywood during their Golden Age. This film is a minor example of that genre. More elaborate films such as The Four Feathers, Charge of the Light Brigade and Beau Geste were far more successful economically.

  4. 40 000 Horsemen, 40,000 Horsemen, Quarantamila cavalieri ... Review by Ruth Scouller ★★★ ... This movie was suggested to me as I was learning about World War I ...

    • Charles Chauvel
  5. Feb 14, 2021 · A film that is both stirring and entertaining. It's style had a strong influence on better known Australian films like Peter Weir's Gallipoli. It helped laun...

    • 7 min
    • 632
    • Classic Films
  6. 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.

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  8. Curator’s notes. by Paul Byrnes. Forty Thousand Horsemen was an important film for Australia of the 1940s, both for its director Charles Chauvel, and an Australian public eager for heroic images of its soldiers. Chauvel’s uncle, General Sir Harry Chauvel, had commanded the New Zealand and Australian desert corps in Palestine in the First ...

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