Directed by Anthony Mann
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony)
A couple of wild frontiersmen lose their horses and supplies to Indians so join the local Cavalry unit. The younger one, played by Victor Mature, sets his eyes on the CO's wife, who is not unresponsive. Their rocky relationship takes up much of the plot of the film. Mature also spars with the officers of the company, who don't appreciate his non-military lifestyle, although it comes in handy when the Indians attack. The dialogue is occasionally awful and unintentionally funny, there is too much melodrama and not enough action, but the location shooting in Mexico, standing in for Oregon, is pretty to look at in this early CinemaScope production.
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