Name: The Undefeated
Genre: Western
Released: 1969-10-04
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo

The Undefeated

Across 2000 Miles Of Savage Wasteland... They Lived A Thundering Adventure That Rocked Two Nations!

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.

Western

DirectorAndrew V. McLaglen

WritersLewis B. Patten, Stanley Hough, James Lee Barrett

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateOctober 4, 1969

Runtime1h 59m

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 26, 20226/10

Obviously contrived with the box office in mind, this is an OK western that sees John Wayne (the rough and ready Yankee colonel) and Rock Hudson (the suave, debonaire, but broke, plantation owning Confederate colonel) and their respective ex-soldiers form an uneasy partnership after the US Civil war, to drive some horses to their new owner, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. En route, they have the usual sequence of "Red River" (1948) style escapades before encountering treachery on a fairly grand scale that puts the lives of themselves and their horses at risk. There is a bit of chemistry between the two men, their opposing characters creating the odd spark - and some humour - as their journey progresses. Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot and a very green looking "Airwolf" (Jan-Michael Vincent) chip into the story too, keeping it moving along steadily, if not exactly excitingly. Two hours felt too long - until the last fifteen minutes, not enough happens to keep the interest from dwindling, but it shows why both men were the stars they were, and is still just about worth watching.