William Holden as Captain Roper in this 1953 film comes across as a hard-nosed military man, who inflicts bitter punishment against a rebel soldier who dared to escape.
Where are the southern accents from the Confederate soldiers? They sounded like real Yankee soldiers to me. How could William Demarest be a Confederate soldier here? Weren't their age restrictions even during the civil war?
Animosity abounds by the Confederate soldiers who are forced into miserable treatment by the Union soldiers; although, they have free access to wander about since the surrounding hills are filled with Indians.
Eleanor Parker comes to her friend's wedding but secretly she is a southern spy who shall use the occasion to help some of the Confederate soldiers to escape.
As the bride, Polly Bergen had practically nothing to say and ditto for General Carl Benton Reid.
While the escape succeeds, Holden and his men along with the Confederate escapees are trapped by the Indians and a new camaraderie forms. Parker who loved Confederate Forsyth is drawn to Holden and we see an ending almost reminiscent of Gary Cooper's For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Where are the southern accents from the Confederate soldiers? They sounded like real Yankee soldiers to me. How could William Demarest be a Confederate soldier here? Weren't their age restrictions even during the civil war?
Animosity abounds by the Confederate soldiers who are forced into miserable treatment by the Union soldiers; although, they have free access to wander about since the surrounding hills are filled with Indians.
Eleanor Parker comes to her friend's wedding but secretly she is a southern spy who shall use the occasion to help some of the Confederate soldiers to escape.
As the bride, Polly Bergen had practically nothing to say and ditto for General Carl Benton Reid.
While the escape succeeds, Holden and his men along with the Confederate escapees are trapped by the Indians and a new camaraderie forms. Parker who loved Confederate Forsyth is drawn to Holden and we see an ending almost reminiscent of Gary Cooper's For Whom the Bell Tolls.