Parts of the film are good. Robert Preston is more understated than usual ( strange given the character) and the majority of the supporting actors played their parts well. The young Ann Bancroft wasn't really given much of a part. How her character could fall for Victor Matures's character is beyond comprehension!
Actually it might have been better to have dispensed with Victor Mature and concentrated on Guy Madison and Robert Peston's professional 'relationship'.
The ending is dreadful! Robert Preston just disappeared in a swirl of dust and suddenly Victor Mature was a Sergeant and no one minded the relationship between him and the 'Late' Colonel's (we didn't see him die or get buried!) wife!
Victor Mature ( who sounds as if he was a fairly affable chap) is well know to have disparaged his own acting and I wouldn't want to disagree with him in this case.
Actually it might have been better to have dispensed with Victor Mature and concentrated on Guy Madison and Robert Peston's professional 'relationship'.
The ending is dreadful! Robert Preston just disappeared in a swirl of dust and suddenly Victor Mature was a Sergeant and no one minded the relationship between him and the 'Late' Colonel's (we didn't see him die or get buried!) wife!
Victor Mature ( who sounds as if he was a fairly affable chap) is well know to have disparaged his own acting and I wouldn't want to disagree with him in this case.