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During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
Carl Andre
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Confederate Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Richard P. Beedle
- Confederate Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Confederate Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Confederate Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
- Chaplain
- (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
- Confederate Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
- Confederate Prisoner
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film was a mild success at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $104,000 (about $1.2M in 2023) according to studio records. It brought in about $110,000 more outside of North American that it did in the USA and Canada - a financial rarity for the time.
- GoofsCapt. Roper is in a gunfight in Death Valley and is shot in the left shoulder. When riding into town his right arm is in a sling.
- Quotes
Cabot Young: You must have missed!
Campbell: Naw, we just killed the same one twice!
[takes aim and shoots Indian off his pony with one shot]
Campbell: See what I mean?
- ConnectionsEdited into How the West Was Won (1976)
- SoundtracksYellow Stripes
Written by Stan Jones
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It's an interesting western/prison movie cross-over, although above all the movie remains a western of course with some of its formulaic ingredients, in this movie it's mostly the use of Indians. The story makes the movie more original than most of the other western's from the '50's. It's originality also help to make this movie a better than average one.
Of course the story still feels the need to put in a love-story into the movie but that's basically the curse of every movie that's over 50 years old. Nevertheless the love-story itself is also quite different and original, so it isn't as distracting as in most other genre movies from the same period often was the case.
Director John Sturges has made many entertaining and adventurous movies in his career and I consider this as one of them, though it obviously is not his best work. It's just a good and enjoyable movie, with some real great moments, for in between.
At times its painfully obvious that the movie was for some part shot in studios with fake looking backgrounds in it. It makes the movie look outdated but that also by now has become part of the charm of these sort of movies. The cinematography is from Robert Surtees, who perhaps was the greatest cinematographer of his time. This movie isn't his best done however but it's a worthy one.
William Holden is good in his role, though it's hard to always like him because of the stubbornness and seemingly lack of emotion of the character. The supporting cast also pull of well, especially John Forsythe.
The musical score by Jeff Alexander is surprisingly great and I mean really great. It's not the usual some old, same old '50's western drivel. It's a score worth searching out, though I don't think it's available anywhere.
An enjoyable movie to watch, that's worth watching if you get the chance.
7/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Of course the story still feels the need to put in a love-story into the movie but that's basically the curse of every movie that's over 50 years old. Nevertheless the love-story itself is also quite different and original, so it isn't as distracting as in most other genre movies from the same period often was the case.
Director John Sturges has made many entertaining and adventurous movies in his career and I consider this as one of them, though it obviously is not his best work. It's just a good and enjoyable movie, with some real great moments, for in between.
At times its painfully obvious that the movie was for some part shot in studios with fake looking backgrounds in it. It makes the movie look outdated but that also by now has become part of the charm of these sort of movies. The cinematography is from Robert Surtees, who perhaps was the greatest cinematographer of his time. This movie isn't his best done however but it's a worthy one.
William Holden is good in his role, though it's hard to always like him because of the stubbornness and seemingly lack of emotion of the character. The supporting cast also pull of well, especially John Forsythe.
The musical score by Jeff Alexander is surprisingly great and I mean really great. It's not the usual some old, same old '50's western drivel. It's a score worth searching out, though I don't think it's available anywhere.
An enjoyable movie to watch, that's worth watching if you get the chance.
7/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
- Boba_Fett1138
- Aug 15, 2007
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- Budget
- $1,520,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- 1.75 : 1
- 1.37 : 1
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