Ambush at Cimarron Passdirected by Jodie Copelan | |
| List(s): | "Movie One" |
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| Category: |
"Western" |
| Year of Release: | 1958 |
| Date Added: | 12/31/2014 |
| Date Watched: | 02/04/2015 |
| Description: | A troop of cavalry are transporting a criminal who tried to sell rifles to Indians. They are attacked by the Indians who are determined to get their rifles and only a few soldiers are left. They meet up with a group of cowboys who just had their herd stolen by the same Indians. The cowboys, who are from Texas and fought for the Confederacy, don't trust the soldiers. This is particularly true of Keith Williams (Clint Eastwood in a very early role). The Indians release a kidnapped Spanish woman to distract the bunch so they could steal their horses. The rest have to make it 100 miles on foot to the next fort. There are repeated encounters with the Indians, a cowardly judge who released the prisoner, only to be stabbed by him, the start of a love affair between the Spanish woman and the Sargeant and several deaths. On the last day, the survivors decide they can't carry the rifles one more foot, so they pile them and burn them. One of them remarks on what a waste is was to carry them 100 miles. Eastwood's character replies, "Not a waste. Sometimes you have to love before you win." And then we see a picture of the fort and the credits roll. |
| My Rating: | 5 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2015-02-04 18:18:05
