- Film Review
- Reviewed By Allen Eyles
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5 out of 5
This great western - the third film in John Ford's cavalry trilogy, following Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - tells the story of a daring off-the-record solution to Indian raids from across the border. It also features a powerful romantic relationship between John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara as the fort commander and his long-separated wife. O'Hara was the strongest leading lady Wayne ever had and almost his match in stubborn pride (they co-starred in four more films). Here, she re-enters Wayne's life seeking to protect their son (Claude Jarman Jr), a private sent out west to serve under him. Once again, Ford creates a stirring picture of the Old West - if this wasn't the way it was, it's the way it should have been.
Plot Summary
Classic John Ford western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. On the Mexican border in the 1880s, Lieutenant Colonel Yorke of the US cavalry is conducting a lonely, vain campaign against marauding Apaches. When his trooper son arrives at the fort, followed by Yorke's estranged wife, family conflict adds to his troubles.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Lt Colonel Yorke
- John Wayne
- Mrs Yorke
- Maureen O'Hara
- Trooper Tyree
- Ben Johnson
- Trooper Jeff Yorke
- Claude Jarman Jr
- Trooper Boone
- Harry Carey Jr
- Dr Wilkins
- Chill Wills
- General Sheridan
- J Carrol Naish
- Quincannon
- Victor McLaglen
- Deputy marshal
- Grant Withers
- Captain St Jacques
- Peter Ortiz
Crew
- Director
- John Ford
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