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A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.
Edward Earle
- Union Captain
- (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
- Drifter
- (uncredited)
Reed Howes
- Hank Fletcher
- (uncredited)
Post Park
- Stage Driver
- (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
- Drifter
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAfter the scene of Lee Marvin holding Donna Reed against the wall, she was so terrified by him that she did not let him come near her on and off the set.
- GoofsWhen the Confederates ambush the Union gold shipment, they use dynamite. The film is set in 1865, but dynamite was not patented by its inventor, Alfred Nobel, until 1867. Dynamite was not in use during the American Civil War by either side.
- Quotes
Lee Kemper: You got 'em confused.
[Lee laughs]
Lee Kemper: They'll a-find out though and get their hands on it, there ain't gonna be nobody left alive in here to tell. You got any plans?
Major Matt Stewart: Mm-hmm. We go out shooting.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000)
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A Solid Randolph Scott Western
I'm just getting into Randolph Scott movies, my usual Western diet consists mostly of John Wayne, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot movies with a few Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood tossed in for good measure, but so far I have about 8 movies he's in, all of them westerns except for My Favorite Wife which I got because I'm a Cary Grant fan.
If you like western movies, you'll enjoy this one. Scott and Marvin are good with Marvin standing out in almost every scene he's in, especially with Donna Reed and I really liked Claude Jarman Jr.'s performance playing the young man who's reluctant to pull the trigger and all of his scenes interacting with Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Margaret Harris) and Clem Bevans (The Station manager and Nolan's father) are great. Plot is one that I've never seen in a western genre film before, Confederate soldiers don't know that the war is over and are on a mission to steal gold from Union troops, the lone solder from the Union detachment tells the confederate soldiers that the war had been over for a month just before he dies placing the men in a bad predicament.
This isn't a bad western, but its not one that I would recommend to individuals unless they are fans of the genre because it follows the tried and true western plot from beginning to end. Action starting off the movie with lots of drama and a little action to drive the plot along until you come to the inevitable shootout and fight to bring the story to its conclusion. Saying that may make it sound like I don't like the movie which isn't true, I do like it, the acting is great and the plot and dialogue stands out, it just doesn't contain anything that would make it stand out in such a way where individuals who are not fans of the genre would find it appealing. If you want a movie that will entice you to start watching the genre, start with something like The Cowboys with with John Wayne or Quigley Down Under with Tom Selleck, both of which I think will keep anyone's attention, but if you have seen everything that Selleck and Elliot has offered in the 90s and you want to see how the OG boys from the 40s and 50s did it, then you can't go wrong watching this.
If you like western movies, you'll enjoy this one. Scott and Marvin are good with Marvin standing out in almost every scene he's in, especially with Donna Reed and I really liked Claude Jarman Jr.'s performance playing the young man who's reluctant to pull the trigger and all of his scenes interacting with Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Margaret Harris) and Clem Bevans (The Station manager and Nolan's father) are great. Plot is one that I've never seen in a western genre film before, Confederate soldiers don't know that the war is over and are on a mission to steal gold from Union troops, the lone solder from the Union detachment tells the confederate soldiers that the war had been over for a month just before he dies placing the men in a bad predicament.
This isn't a bad western, but its not one that I would recommend to individuals unless they are fans of the genre because it follows the tried and true western plot from beginning to end. Action starting off the movie with lots of drama and a little action to drive the plot along until you come to the inevitable shootout and fight to bring the story to its conclusion. Saying that may make it sound like I don't like the movie which isn't true, I do like it, the acting is great and the plot and dialogue stands out, it just doesn't contain anything that would make it stand out in such a way where individuals who are not fans of the genre would find it appealing. If you want a movie that will entice you to start watching the genre, start with something like The Cowboys with with John Wayne or Quigley Down Under with Tom Selleck, both of which I think will keep anyone's attention, but if you have seen everything that Selleck and Elliot has offered in the 90s and you want to see how the OG boys from the 40s and 50s did it, then you can't go wrong watching this.
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- The Outlanders
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,250,000
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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