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Andy did the same thing a few years later in Chisum as well. Western clothes right off the rack, hairstyles and makeup right out of a 60s TV show, and a god-awful song in the middle of the film that completely stops it in its tracks for 3-4 minutes. That said, the film being reviewed here is...

I think most of us really enjoy the film. It’s the fact that Andy made no effort production-wise, to make the film anything more than glorified TV of its time. But as RAH mentions, he was a workman like director, and definitely cut his teeth on TV westerns of the 50s and early 60s

Of course. Ford’s composition of shots was second to none. I think back to the image of the nurses in They Were Expendable, leaving the operating room while striking matches for their cigarettes. The lighting and camera work was incredible , and still awes to this very day.

I like this film very much, and feel it’s one of Andy’s better directed films. That said, RAH makes a very valid point. The difference between director John Ford and him can be displayed quite obviously here. Ford made sure his union soldiers always had dirt and grime on their uniforms, their...