Even has been drawn up a fine screenplay, strangely Sam Peckinpah didn't get the direction of this picture, maybe upon his hands he certainly could be improves the overlong offering, strongly based on Custer's life about a greedy General McCabe (Andrew Duggan) a kind of unscrupulous commander, just aiming to his own glory at US's Calvary.
Basically the picture focuses on the previous happenings before the final battle against the Apaches, the tough Captain Demas (Tom Tryon) and the calvary scout Sol Rogers (Harve Presnell) fighting for to same widow woman Lou Woddard (Senta Berger), also to enhance the story entering in the US's Calvary some unusual characters as the New Yorker Anthony Duggan (James Caan) often in clash with a cranky Lt. Hodges (Peter Brek) who is willing to punish him as everlasting stable cleaner, also the weeding escapee Martin Hale (Michael Anderson Jr.), all those rookies are in charge of the even-tempered Sgt. James Gregory (Slim Pickens).
A slight humor oriented, fine punch-fights and romance, all these elements increase the movie into another path, without forget the final battle against the fearless Apaches, aside too much overlong an awesome entertainment.
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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.
Basically the picture focuses on the previous happenings before the final battle against the Apaches, the tough Captain Demas (Tom Tryon) and the calvary scout Sol Rogers (Harve Presnell) fighting for to same widow woman Lou Woddard (Senta Berger), also to enhance the story entering in the US's Calvary some unusual characters as the New Yorker Anthony Duggan (James Caan) often in clash with a cranky Lt. Hodges (Peter Brek) who is willing to punish him as everlasting stable cleaner, also the weeding escapee Martin Hale (Michael Anderson Jr.), all those rookies are in charge of the even-tempered Sgt. James Gregory (Slim Pickens).
A slight humor oriented, fine punch-fights and romance, all these elements increase the movie into another path, without forget the final battle against the fearless Apaches, aside too much overlong an awesome entertainment.
Thanks for reading.
Resume:
First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.