The read
A Balasaur Score of 57 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 44%, Metacritic 48/100. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 157 1960s western movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
133 audience votes
Key crew
- James Lee BarrettScreenplay
- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- Hugo MontenegroOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John WayneColonel John Henry Thomas
- Rock HudsonColonel James Langdon
- Antonio AguilarGeneral Rojas
- Roman GabrielBlue Boy
- Marian McCargoAnn
- Lee MeriwetherMargaret
- Merlin OlsenLittle George
- Melissa NewmanCharlotte
- Bruce CabotJeff Newby
- Jan-Michael VincentBubba Wilkes
- Ben JohnsonShort Grub
- Edward FaulknerAnderson
