A Pair of Boots

original title:
A Pair of Boots
country / year of production:
USA / 1962
original length:
48 min , black/white
premiere:
genre:
melodrama
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director:
John Cassavetes
film script:
Mort R. Lewis
producer:
Everett Chambers
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cast (role):
Beau Bridges , Lloyd Bridges , Seymour Cassel , Royal Dano , Gene Darfler
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plot synopsis:
After a bloody battle during the American Civil War, a Confederate officer proposes an armistice to his Union counterpart. But this is disturbed when a crazy Southern soldier shoots a Yankee just because of his boots. The battle goes on though everyone is exhausted.
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war:
American Civil War or War of Secession (1861-1865)
literature:
Douglas Brodoff/ Bill Krohn. "La guerre selon Cassavetes." In: Cahiers du Cinema 482 (1994).

James M. McPherson: For cause and comrades: Why men fought in the Civil War. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. ISBN: 0-19-509023-3
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