Universal-International
Directed by Budd Boetticher
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Encore)
Childhood friends Rock Hudson and Anthony Quinn grow up to be on opposite sides of an Indian war in Florida. Rock is a newly commissioned officer at a remote Army outpost and Tony the chief of the local Seminoles on the war path. Rock clashes with his spit-and-polish commander on the Army's strategy of confrontation. The heart of the movie is a long trek through rugged swamps where the Army platoon suffers a harsh defeat to the superior Indians. In an attempt to make peace, Tony travels to the fort but is imprisoned instead. Rock is blamed for his murder, and is court martialed. In a weak ending, he is saved at the last minute from a firing squad. Colorful entertainment from Universal-International in vivid Technicolor.
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