Brothers Tom Selleck (Union) and Sam Elliott (Confederacy) split on the issue of
the Civil War but are now reunited after Selleck saves Elliott from some carpetbagger lynchers.
But when the two oldest Traven siblings arrive home they find that the place has been raided and the two youngest who are girls have been taken by Comancheros. So say parents Harry Carey, Jr. and Jane Greer. A neighbor woman Katherine Ross who was with the girls was also taken. Selleck and Elliott pick up a third brother Jeff Osterhage and a roguish uncle Ben Johnson.
We've got a pair of villains. Former Confederate Army colonel Geoffrey Lewis who doesn't believe in surrendering has turned outlaw and wants to move into Mexico and raise an army so the south shall rise again.
Which forces Lewis to deal with smuggler/gunrunner Gene Evans who has some Snidely Whiplash like intentions towards the women. Neither trusts the other and Evans makes a chump out of Lewis.
The whole thing is directed by big screen western veteran Andrew McLaglen and it's nice to see best friends Carey and Johnson reunited under McLaglen's direction. McLaglen also does well by his younger stars who would have been marquee names as cowboy stars in old Hollywood.
Western fans will like this.
But when the two oldest Traven siblings arrive home they find that the place has been raided and the two youngest who are girls have been taken by Comancheros. So say parents Harry Carey, Jr. and Jane Greer. A neighbor woman Katherine Ross who was with the girls was also taken. Selleck and Elliott pick up a third brother Jeff Osterhage and a roguish uncle Ben Johnson.
We've got a pair of villains. Former Confederate Army colonel Geoffrey Lewis who doesn't believe in surrendering has turned outlaw and wants to move into Mexico and raise an army so the south shall rise again.
Which forces Lewis to deal with smuggler/gunrunner Gene Evans who has some Snidely Whiplash like intentions towards the women. Neither trusts the other and Evans makes a chump out of Lewis.
The whole thing is directed by big screen western veteran Andrew McLaglen and it's nice to see best friends Carey and Johnson reunited under McLaglen's direction. McLaglen also does well by his younger stars who would have been marquee names as cowboy stars in old Hollywood.
Western fans will like this.