Two Flags West

Unrated

10/12/19501h 32m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ UNFURLS THE BANNER TO HIGH ADVENTURE! ~

Overview:

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

Director:

Robert Wise

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

transport of prisoners
native american
confederate
american civil war
19th century

Cast

Joseph Cotten

~ as ~

Col. Clay Tucker

Linda Darnell

~ as ~

Elena Kenniston

Jeff Chandler

~ as ~

Maj. Henry Kenniston

Cornel Wilde

~ as ~

Capt. Mark Bradford

Dale Robertson

~ as ~

Lem

Jay C. Flippen

~ as ~

Sgt. Terrance Duey

Noah Beery Jr.

~ as ~

Cy Davis (as Noah Beery)

Johnny Sands

~ as ~

Lt. Adams (as John Sands)

Arthur Hunnicutt

~ as ~

Sgt. Pickens

Harry von Zell

~ as ~

Ephraim Strong

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
"Col. Tucker" (Joseph Cotton) is the Confederate officer who is offered a chance to re-enlist in the US Army after the end of the US Civil war and so he and his men accept - so long as they never have to bear arms against their former colleagues. Now reduced to a Lieutenant, off to the remote and dilapidated Fort Thorn they all go where they find in the commanding officer "Maj. Kenniston" (huff Chandler) a man with a limp and an axe to grind. You'd think they'd have enough on their hands with the marauding Indians raiding the frontier, but nope - these two men manage to get under the other's skin and soon it's probably safer to be outside the fort than inside it! The first half hour follows the traditional path and is nothing special, especially the rather dull romance between an out-of-sorts Linda Darnell ("Elena") - the daughter of the grumpy major and "Bradford" (Cornel Wilde). Once that settles though, we start to get more action with the raiding parties getting bolder and more audacious and the soldiers having to retreat to the safety (they hope) of their wooden enclosure. The last half hour offers us a decent siege western adventure and the denouement - well look not for an happy ending for anyone! Robert Wise takes his time to get this going, but once he does it delivers plenty of action, for once doesn't treat the Indians as if they were rather feeble and intimidated foes and Chandler and Cotton carry off their roles well enough too.