- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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3 out of 5
Randolph Scott played a key role in the emergence of the psychological western in the late 1950s in films such as Ride Lonesome and The Tall T where motives mattered more than action. This disjointed picture does manage to combine excitement and emotion, as Scott seeks to disprove a charge of cowardice by leading a cavalry detail to reclaim the dead after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The skirmishes are solidly staged by B-movie specialist Joseph H Lewis, but the film's real interest lies in the way that Scott's character comes to believe that General Custer was a blundering incompetent rather than a glorious hero.
Plot Summary
Western starring Randolph Scott as Captain Tom Benson, who misses the Battle of the Little Bighorn because he is ordered by General Custer to undertake escort duties. With nobody to support his story, Benson finds himself branded a coward.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Captain Tom Benson
- Randolph Scott
- Martha Kellogg
- Barbara Hale
- Sergeant Bates
- Jay C Flippen
- Mrs Reynolds
- Jeanette Nolan
- Krugger
- Frank Faylen
- Vogel
- Leo Gordon
- Dixon
- Denver Pyle
- Corporal Morrison
- Harry Carey Jr
- Captain Benteen
- Michael Pate
- Lieutenant Bob Fitch
- Donald Curtis
Crew
- Director
- Joseph H Lewis
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