Disappointing and Rather Flat Historical Costume Adventure that has John Wayne (the year He became a real Movie Star, after Stagecoach) as a Salt of the Earth Pennsylvanian and His band of "Merry Men" having to put up with Marauding Indians and those Uppity Brits.
Claire Trevor is Top Billed and has many a Scenes where She Tries to be "One of the Boys" and Tags Along with Long Rifle in hand. She is Thwarted at every turn by the Macho Men. One of the many "Comedy" Scenes has Her almost Succeeding until She is told to take off Her Shirt (she is in disguise as a painted up Indian). Ha Ha.
This is a Movie where a lot of Guns are Fired but very few Hit their Target. Some of the time On Purpose. It has a Short Running Time and things move along briskly but not without some Clunk and Awkwardness. Trevor is Borderline Over the Top and Her Father's Happy Drunk anticipates John Ford's Fascination with the Type.
Overall, George Sanders Steals the Show as a British Officer and His Contempt and Surprise at just how Defiant these Ruffians are is again, Comical, at times and it isn't meant to be. Wayne says at one point, and this is the whole purpose of This Thing, something like, "I guess you Brits will never understand our ways."
Overall, Worth a Watch for Wayne's Breakout Year, but the Film Feels all Wrong. Average or a Tad Below for its Kind, Time, and Place.
Claire Trevor is Top Billed and has many a Scenes where She Tries to be "One of the Boys" and Tags Along with Long Rifle in hand. She is Thwarted at every turn by the Macho Men. One of the many "Comedy" Scenes has Her almost Succeeding until She is told to take off Her Shirt (she is in disguise as a painted up Indian). Ha Ha.
This is a Movie where a lot of Guns are Fired but very few Hit their Target. Some of the time On Purpose. It has a Short Running Time and things move along briskly but not without some Clunk and Awkwardness. Trevor is Borderline Over the Top and Her Father's Happy Drunk anticipates John Ford's Fascination with the Type.
Overall, George Sanders Steals the Show as a British Officer and His Contempt and Surprise at just how Defiant these Ruffians are is again, Comical, at times and it isn't meant to be. Wayne says at one point, and this is the whole purpose of This Thing, something like, "I guess you Brits will never understand our ways."
Overall, Worth a Watch for Wayne's Breakout Year, but the Film Feels all Wrong. Average or a Tad Below for its Kind, Time, and Place.