Directed by Robert Aldrich
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Fox/MGM)
Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster make an unlikely duo as Americans trying to profit off the Mexican revolution. Coop is a southerner fresh out of the American Civil War and is sympathetic to the Mexican cause. Lancaster is an unapologetic profiteer. They need each other but frequently clash, a tense friendship that really keeps the film interesting. The supporting cast is just as good, with Ernest Borgnine and Jack Elam part of their gang, Cesar Romero and George Macready Mexican aristocracy and Denise Darcel the love interest. It's an immensely entertaining, gritty adventure story that would influence subsequent films such as Sergio Leone's spaghetti western trilogy and Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.
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