Synopsis
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
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Cast
- John WayneColonel John Henry Thomas
- Rock HudsonColonel James Langdon
- Antonio AguilarGeneral Rojas
- Roman GabrielBlue Boy
- Marian McCargoAnn
- Lee MeriwetherMargaret
- Merlin OlsenLittle George
- Melissa NewmanCharlotte
- Bruce CabotJeff Newby
- Jan-Michael VincentBubba Wilkes
Recommendations
- 70
Time Out
It's all stirringly traditional stuff, with a lively supporting cast, and made very easy on the eye by William Clothier's camerawork. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
There are good lines of Wayne dialog and good exchanges with Ben Johnson (as the cook) and some scenes in which you can see that even Wayne thinks Gabriel looks ridiculous as an Indian. And these scenes help pass the time and help you forget how wooden and uninteresting Hudson is. Which is pretty wooden and uninteresting indeed. - 50
Variety
Film has a basic storyline, character elements and dialog for what might have been a superior drama and possibly a great western. But Andrew McLaglen's direction, seems to consist of splicing together cliches, static camera work and Central Casting of the bit parts. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The Undefeated adds up to nothing more than a weak imitation of many other westerns--paying little or no heed to such issues as originality.
