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*Plot and ending analyzed*
A near-tedious film about the "great" U. S. cavalry regiments attempting to fight the native American tribes. It spends most of its time in the town and barracks, with an idiotic side story plying two dumb oafs against some beautiful woman.
Most of the time is spent on idiotic chatter, oft-repeated brawls and military posturing. Unlikable recruits fill in the ranks of the unsympathetic characters. Especial to note is James Caan doing his awful impression of an Irishman. Slim Pickens, Andrew Duggan, and Wayne Rogers are just a few of the familiar faces.
The battle with the native American tribes is wholly preposterous, as it has them fill in the role of "cannon fodder" and nothing else. They charge rifles, sit on their horses and five of them get taken out by the aforementioned dumb oafs.
A stale and average Western.
*Plot and ending analyzed*
A near-tedious film about the "great" U. S. cavalry regiments attempting to fight the native American tribes. It spends most of its time in the town and barracks, with an idiotic side story plying two dumb oafs against some beautiful woman.
Most of the time is spent on idiotic chatter, oft-repeated brawls and military posturing. Unlikable recruits fill in the ranks of the unsympathetic characters. Especial to note is James Caan doing his awful impression of an Irishman. Slim Pickens, Andrew Duggan, and Wayne Rogers are just a few of the familiar faces.
The battle with the native American tribes is wholly preposterous, as it has them fill in the role of "cannon fodder" and nothing else. They charge rifles, sit on their horses and five of them get taken out by the aforementioned dumb oafs.
A stale and average Western.