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...plot is ludicrous. An undercover Army group, made up of men who have been officially listed as killed in action, come to a Texas border town to rob a bank and get funds for a secret mission. There they run across Jack Benteen (Nolte), a hard-boiled Texas Ranger who unwittingly assumes that the crime wave sweeping his town is caused by real criminals instead of the United States Armed Forces. He lays all the blame on a childhood friend of his, Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe), who now lives in Mexico and runs smack for a living...
...fact, there's not a whole lot of difference between Benteen (the good guy) and Bailey (one of the many bad guys). It's easy to see why these guys were childhood buddies. They both like violence. They both like the same woman (Maria Conchita Alonso), who lives with Benteen at the opening of the film but used to live with Bailey. They both like mistreating the same woman. At the end of the film, the two spiritual compadres fight a duel. Benteen makes Alonso count off. Bailey rips open her skirt and says, "Come on, show us some...
...bold unfortunate in Warner Bros.' They Died with Their Boots On. In this new film, Custer's misbegotten career is further enhanced. Robert Shaw plays Yellow Hair as a soulful glory seeker. Lawrence Tierney is a feisty General Phil Sheridan, Jeffrey Hunter a conscientious Lieut. Benteen and Robert Ryan a deserter named Mulligan, who was shot before the battle. Despite an overabundance of horseflesh, this Custer comes much closer to the complex nature of its anti-hero than any earlier treatment...
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