This movie is based on real events, however it is dramatized and some characters and events are fictional.
It was 1932, the country was still in a depression, and the US Army Cavalry had just about served its purpose. General Douglas McArthur ordered that all excess horses be driven to the Mexican border and disposed of. Killed. Because, as he later tells a retired officer, "We can't afford to feed them."
But after the first 100 (of 500 total) were executed, 5 of the Cavalry soldiers decided that it just wasn't right, to dispose of these horses this way. They viewed the horses as much part of the Cavalry as they were. So, in a spur of the moment decision, a young officer who had never even seen action led these men away with 400 horses and no plan.
They eventually worked their way up to the Canadian border, and were able to get the horses across, helped by some old infantry friends who fired the cannons at the wrong elevation.
Good story, and Don Johnson once more shows us how good an actor he is, as the seasoned Cavalry Sarg who gave moral support to the young officer.
It was 1932, the country was still in a depression, and the US Army Cavalry had just about served its purpose. General Douglas McArthur ordered that all excess horses be driven to the Mexican border and disposed of. Killed. Because, as he later tells a retired officer, "We can't afford to feed them."
But after the first 100 (of 500 total) were executed, 5 of the Cavalry soldiers decided that it just wasn't right, to dispose of these horses this way. They viewed the horses as much part of the Cavalry as they were. So, in a spur of the moment decision, a young officer who had never even seen action led these men away with 400 horses and no plan.
They eventually worked their way up to the Canadian border, and were able to get the horses across, helped by some old infantry friends who fired the cannons at the wrong elevation.
Good story, and Don Johnson once more shows us how good an actor he is, as the seasoned Cavalry Sarg who gave moral support to the young officer.