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30 May 1950 (USA)
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1863. Texas Ranger Todd Croyden and Union spy Whitney Randolph cross into Mexico to investigate a growing...
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Max Haps and Benito Juarès work behind the scenes.
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(Complete credited cast) | John Payne | ... | Capt. Todd Croyden |
 | Rhonda Fleming | ... | Mrs. Madeline Danzeeger |
| Dennis O'Keefe | ... | Whitney Randolph |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Gen. Liguras (The Hawk) |
| Fred Clark | ... | Basil Danzeeger |
 | Frank Faylen | ... | Red' Hyatt, Danzeegers Foreman |
| Eduardo Noriega | ... | Roberto the Cobbler |
| Grandon Rhodes | ... | Texas Gov. Lubbock |
| Walter Reed | ... | Jones |
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Spread Eagle (USA) (reissue title)
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104 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Capt. Todd Croyden:
[to Madeline Zanzeeger] I don't know anything about you, except you can tie a man's stomach in knots and make his tongue feel as thick as a saddle blanket.
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A "cultural" insert,at the beginning of this western,tells us it's loosely based on historical facts:The war between Maximilian von Habsburg (abetted by Napoleon the Third ,who made one of his biggest mistakes in this Mexican adventure)and Benito Juarès,who was a genuine hero for Mexicans.
Loosely is the word indeed.The villain is French,a Max and Nap's spy,but,as far History is concerned ,everything stops here.All that remains is par excellence routine western:two brave heroes(Payne and O'Keefe,the eagleS) ,one gorgeous heroine(Fleming),a baddie,and a patriot general (Tomas Gomez,who sadly resembles more Zorro's Sergeant Garcia than a dashing officer).Thanks to the three leads,the movie is watchable,and boasts,as a highlight ,a sadistic scene of quartering between two mustangs.
However,people who saw the lines at the beginning and who wish to see something "historical",should catch William Dieterle's "Juarez" (1939) with Paul Muni and Bette Davis.