The Undefeated

1969 119 min ★ 6.3 Western

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.

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Cast

John Wayne

Colonel John Henry Thomas

Rock Hudson

Colonel James Langdon

Antonio Aguilar

General Rojas

Roman Gabriel

Blue Boy

Marian McCargo

Ann

Lee Meriwether

Margaret

Merlin Olsen

Little George

Melissa Newman

Charlotte

Bruce Cabot

Jeff Newby

Jan-Michael Vincent

Bubba Wilkes

Details

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Screenplay

James Lee Barrett

Tagline

"Across 2000 Miles Of Savage Wasteland... They Lived A Thundering Adventure That Rocked Two Nations!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

December 26, 2022

★ 6/10

Obviously contrived with the box office in mind, this is an OK western that sees John Wayne (the rough and ready Yankee colonel) and Rock Hudson (the suave, debonaire, but broke, plantation owning Confederate colonel) and their respective ex-soldiers form an uneasy partnership after the US Civil war, to drive some horses to their new owner, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. En route, they have the usu...