• Certainly a lesser archive entry from Ford
  • This is a really nice title sequence shot at magic hour with the sun in the background with music playing and a long string of riders single file on horseback
  • William Holden (who may have been the second biggest star in Hollywood at the time behind Wayne) does a superb job going toe to toe with Wayne in performance and presence- this conflict (medical officer vs Calvary leader) would play out in other films and shows (star trek for one)
  • It lays on the Ford slapstick comedy, the shtick, with constance towers, a little thick
  • Not in the top 20 of 1959 but I’m putting it in the archives based mainly because of the 2 hour battle of strong characters played by very strong actors
  • Recommend