The Hallelujah Trail
film by Sturges [1965]
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The Hallelujah Trail is a 1965 western spoof directed by John Sturges. The film centers on a cavalry colonel tasked with delivering 40 wagonloads of whiskey to miners. His mission is complicated by opposition from temperance activists. The movie was criticized for being overlong and uneven. John Sturges was an American director known for his taut war movies and westerns, with other notable films including Bad Day at Black Rock, The Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape.1
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