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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
Bill Clark
- Soldier With Kellogg
- (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
- Knife-Wielding Indian
- (uncredited)
William Leslie
- Lt. Murray
- (uncredited)
Harold Miller
- Officer at Inquiry
- (uncredited)
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- AnecdotesThe saddle on Capt. Benson's horse is an early "plantation saddle." Officers, especially on the frontier, would often substitute personal equipment for military equipment based on taste and affordability.
- GaffesAs Corporal Morrison (Harry Carey Jr.) saddles "Dandy", Lt. Col. Custer's second mount, he puts on an English saddle. US Calvary adopted McClellan saddles which remained in service through World War II. This was the wrong saddle for the movie.
- Citations
[first lines]
Capt. Tom Benson: We'll be able to see the fort from the top of the next rise.
[Tom and Martha ride a little farther]
Capt. Tom Benson: There she is - Fort Lincoln, the base of the finest cavalry regiment in the country - and our home.
- Générique farfeluOpening credits: Capt. Benson was returning with his future bride, to his post commanded by the gallant Indian fighter Colonel Custer, who had prepared the famous 7th for all out war with the Sioux.
Commentaire en vedette
Custer's riderless horse doesn't go very far...
Captain Benson (Randolph Scott) returns from the east with his new bride-to-be (played ably enough by Barbara Hale) only to find out that his post under General Custer was wiped out at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The men who were left behind at the post resent Benson because he wasn't there to die gallantly with the rest of his troop.
A presidential order is given for the army to go into Sioux territory and gather up Custer's dead for burial. Benson quickly volunteers for such a dangerous mission, probably to redeem himself. After all, the Big Horn is still surrounded by hostile Sioux and Cheyenne, drunk with victory.
When Benson and his men reach the site, they find that the Indians won't let them un-bury the dead because it is now considered sacred ground and not to be violated. That is, until Custer's riderless horse strolls into view, scaring all the Indians into thinking it's bad medicine and Custer's spirit has returned.
There's a subplot about how this horse came onto the scene involving Harry Carey Jr. and all, but I'm not gonna get into that. Anyway, the Indians are plenty superstitious about the whole thing so they allow Benson and his men to pass, unscathed.
Although it's nowhere near as good as the oaters Scott did with Budd Boetticher, this one nonetheless still rises above most of the other western dreck Harry Cohn and Columbia Pictures was putting out. It also helps filming it out in the California pine country away from the usual Columbia ranch locations that we've seen a zillion times before. It still doesn't pass for the plains, though.
Still, it's better than most of Scott's RKO westerns from the late 40s
5 out of 10
A presidential order is given for the army to go into Sioux territory and gather up Custer's dead for burial. Benson quickly volunteers for such a dangerous mission, probably to redeem himself. After all, the Big Horn is still surrounded by hostile Sioux and Cheyenne, drunk with victory.
When Benson and his men reach the site, they find that the Indians won't let them un-bury the dead because it is now considered sacred ground and not to be violated. That is, until Custer's riderless horse strolls into view, scaring all the Indians into thinking it's bad medicine and Custer's spirit has returned.
There's a subplot about how this horse came onto the scene involving Harry Carey Jr. and all, but I'm not gonna get into that. Anyway, the Indians are plenty superstitious about the whole thing so they allow Benson and his men to pass, unscathed.
Although it's nowhere near as good as the oaters Scott did with Budd Boetticher, this one nonetheless still rises above most of the other western dreck Harry Cohn and Columbia Pictures was putting out. It also helps filming it out in the California pine country away from the usual Columbia ranch locations that we've seen a zillion times before. It still doesn't pass for the plains, though.
Still, it's better than most of Scott's RKO westerns from the late 40s
5 out of 10
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- 7 sept. 2003
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By what name was La mission du Capitaine Benson (1956) officially released in India in English?
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