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
Marshal Guthrie McCabe: Whatever the market will bear! No more, no less.
Maj. Frazer: I'm *ordering* you to volunteer to go with McCabe and meet with Quanah Parker.
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.
First Lt. Jim Gary: You're not gonna start a fire! Why don't you just send up smoke signals?
Marshal Guthrie McCabe: I can't spell.
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Facts about
The movie's critical and commercial failure was largely blamed on the miscasting of the two leads, since James Stewart, at 52, and Richard Widmark, at 45, were both much older than their characters.
The film was widely regarded as a generally light-hearted variation on an earlier John Ford western, The Searchers.
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