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John Wayne, that pillar of machismo, was well aware that costar Rock Hudson was gay, yet he prized him as a boon companion, a fellow professional, and one hell of a bridge player. Each plays a Civil ...( read more  read more... )War commander who, after the ceasefire, leads a community of home folks into Mexico to make a fresh start. Hudson is a Southern gentleman; Wayne commanded the Yankee cavalry at Shiloh, where Hudson's brother died. Nevertheless, Rock, with his extended family, and Duke, with his troop of cowboys and 3,000 horses to sell to Emperor Maximilian, soon join forces to outgun banditos and beam paternally over the budding romance between their respective daughter and son (an adopted Indian played by footballer Roman Gabriel with Crystal Gayle hair). Lingering North-South animosities are celebrated in an obligatory communal fistfight in the Andrew V. McLaglen manner, and the showdown with both Maximilian's lancers and the rebel Juaristas is disconcertingly perfunctory. --Richard T. Jameson

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G, 119 min.

Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen

Release Date: January 1, 1969

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DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003

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  • August 16, 2007
    Brilliant.
  • July 25, 2009
    Saw it before and really love his movies
  • March 11, 2009
    Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor
  • January 4, 2009
    Well performed by John Wayne and Rock Hudson in this western aftermath of the Civil War. Featuring an excellent supporting cast and tremendous scenes of sprawling action.
  • September 11, 2008
    a very good cowboy flix
  • January 8, 2008
    After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is l...( read more)eading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
  • December 19, 2007
    an unlilely entertaining western
  • November 11, 2007
    Not one of Wayne's best.
  • November 6, 2007
    I saw all these oldies with my dad on saturday afternoons, and it was a treat. I still love them all.
  • November 4, 2007
    In general I avoid westerns.

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