Yes, the scenery was terrific, the music good in parts, cinematography very well done but plot wise, an absolute failure.
After suffering a severely broken leg' Mitchum, so the doctor says, will take months to recover. Ten minutes into the film our hero is 'up and running'.
Julie London the love interest (not very photogenic at all with strangely huge eyes and a big head!) does little more than look at Mitchum twice and then, because she is married to the army commander, she feels the need to confess that the 'affair' cannot continue!!! What affair? Was the movie severely cut because I missed entirely any semblance of a love affair. This critical aspect of the movie was pathetically portrayed.
Expecting great tension between the Mexican governor and his brother, I was gobsmacked that the governor gets killed 'off-screen'; expecting similar tension with the probable Apache/Mexican/US forces in battle, once again a big disappointment because no confrontation took place.
The gaps and non-existent action in the story line puts this movie into the minus B bracket and no attractive scenery, music or cinematography can redeem it. Even if Mitchum remembered to keep up the Mexican accent throughout ALL of his scenes, this remains a very mediocre western.
After suffering a severely broken leg' Mitchum, so the doctor says, will take months to recover. Ten minutes into the film our hero is 'up and running'.
Julie London the love interest (not very photogenic at all with strangely huge eyes and a big head!) does little more than look at Mitchum twice and then, because she is married to the army commander, she feels the need to confess that the 'affair' cannot continue!!! What affair? Was the movie severely cut because I missed entirely any semblance of a love affair. This critical aspect of the movie was pathetically portrayed.
Expecting great tension between the Mexican governor and his brother, I was gobsmacked that the governor gets killed 'off-screen'; expecting similar tension with the probable Apache/Mexican/US forces in battle, once again a big disappointment because no confrontation took place.
The gaps and non-existent action in the story line puts this movie into the minus B bracket and no attractive scenery, music or cinematography can redeem it. Even if Mitchum remembered to keep up the Mexican accent throughout ALL of his scenes, this remains a very mediocre western.