Two Rode Together (1961) | |
| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | John Ford, Stanley Shpetner |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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Two Rode Together Overview:
Two Rode Together (1961) was a Western - Film Adaptation Film directed by John Ford and produced by John Ford and Stanley Shpetner.
SYNOPSIS
In a lesser, later Ford Western, Stewart is a corrupt small-town sheriff who goes on a bounty hunt with army officer Widmark to return white settlers from their Indian captors. When Kent, who has thoroughly assumed an Indian identity, is turned loose back at the fort, he kills the woman who claims him and is hung before Jones recognizes him as her brother. Cristal, who had become chief Strode's squaw, is shunned by the white women and bitterly longs for her life with the Indians. When Stewart learns he has lost his position, the two outcasts ride away together.
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Two Rode Together (1961): The Community of a John Ford Western
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 4, 2021 From 4 Star FilmsWith such a robust body of work, it’s no surprise John Ford often gravitated toward certain images to represent the West and Two Rode Together it little different with the director returning to familiar iconography. This time it’s Jimmy Stewart, not Henry Fonda, propped up against a rail... Read full article
Two Rode Together
By Michael on Nov 27, 2013 From Le Mot du CinephiliaqueTwo Rode Together (John Ford, 1961) Marshal McCabe (James Stewart) and First Lt. Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) are hired to bring back siblings and parents that have been kidnapped by the Comanches many years ago. They will meet Chief Quanach Parker (Henry Brandon) and make a trade for a young boy a... Read full article
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Quotes from Two Rode Together
First Lt. Jim Gary: Well, uh, what about the treaty? The department's orders?
Maj. Frazer: They can scarcely apply to a deserter out of uniform. If you *don't* return, that's exactly what'll show on your record.
First Lt. Jim Gary: If I don't return, sir, it won't make much difference *what* shows on my record. When am I ordered to desert, sir?
Maj. Frazer: I don't know what you're talking about. Get out of here.
Marshal Guthrie McCabe: You know, sometimes it takes a lot more courage to live than it does to die.
Elena de la Madriaga: These people, they smile at me and show their teeth, but it's the eyes that bite.
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Facts about Two Rode Together
This was the last film in which James Stewart wore his familiar cowboy hat. Up to this point, he had worn it in all his westerns since Winchester '73, except Broken Arrow. This was Stewart's first film with John Ford, and Ford didn't want him to wear it as he thought it was the worst looking cowboy hat he had ever seen. As Stewart said in the documentary, "A Wonderful Life", Ford relented, but got back at him in their next western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, when he didn't let Stewart wear a hat at all.
John Ford later admitted he had only made the film for the money, and felt it was "still crap" even after he had brought in his favorite script writer Frank Nugent to rewrite it.
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