How many millions of dollars and thousands of people's work went into this film? And yet somehow no one notices that it's 1870 and the Army band is playing a song written 1896 by John Phillip Sousa? How can so many film professionals be that ignorant?
Well, at least the tribal Indians are treated with respect (at least for a film can "The Indian Fighter")... that is except for the female Indians. But that's 1955 sexism, not American racism.
The other irritating anachronism is Walter Matthau, who sticks out like a sore thumb in this Western, playing a character even more reprehensible than his usual reprehensible character.
Douglas is good, of course, but his character "ain't fit for marriage" in his own words, and that's an understatement.
Well, at least the tribal Indians are treated with respect (at least for a film can "The Indian Fighter")... that is except for the female Indians. But that's 1955 sexism, not American racism.
The other irritating anachronism is Walter Matthau, who sticks out like a sore thumb in this Western, playing a character even more reprehensible than his usual reprehensible character.
Douglas is good, of course, but his character "ain't fit for marriage" in his own words, and that's an understatement.