Two Rode Together

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Two Rode Together

1961,

1h 48m,

Western

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86%

7 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

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7 Reviews

52%

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500+ Ratings

For a fee, hard-drinking Texas marshal Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart) agrees to help Army officer Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) search for a group of whites who were abducted years earlier by Comanche warriors. After rescuing two of the abductees, McCabe and Gary find that the former captives have fully adopted the culture of their American Indian captors and are barely recognizable. Cultures collide as they attempt to return the settlers to their original -- and now long-forgotten -- lives.

Ian Kane

Epoch Times

May 1, 2024

3.5/5

When compared to some of Ford’s iconic classics, “Two Rode Together” may not shine as brightly, but it still stands as an admirable production.

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

Nov 4, 2020

2.5/5

Though certainly not as piercing as some of his work with his male muse John Wayne, the film remains a solid entry into the nihilistic anti-heroic take on the western.

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Manny Farber

Artforum

Jun 13, 2019

This is studio moviemaking at its slackest.

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

Jun 4, 2014

3/4

Ford may have made it for a quick buck—or perhaps as a favor to Columbia chief Harry Cohn—but the impact of the resulting film is far more that of a provocative drama than a tossed-off oater.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Oct 1, 2005

4/5

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jul 6, 2005

B-

Ford fails to make his racism theme work in the same powerful way he did in The Searchers.

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Han W

Mar 11, 2019

Dark and quite misogynist Western clumsily tackles the issue of racism; Stewart and Widmark are worth the watch, though.

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Poe S

Mar 21, 2017

A film worthy of study. Amazing darkness to what first appears a light hearted western. The relevance to contemporary racism and radicalisation is rife in a movie that can make you think twice about how you think. Please disregard the occasional moment of appalling bad acting that belongs in a local town amdram. The majority is world class. Call me blind, but I loved it in the opening credits. I love it still.

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Hermione L

Mar 2, 2017

This late era Ford film catches flak for being a sort of a rehash of The Searchers, but it's different enough that it stands alone as being a fine film despite. The performances are masterful, Ford's direction is great per usual, and the film is perhaps even darker than The Searchers.

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John Ford

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James Stewart

Marshal Guthrie McCabe

Richard Widmark

First Lt. Jim Gary

Shirley Jones

Marty Purcell

Linda Cristal

Elena de la Madriaga

Andy Devine

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Synopsis

For a fee, hard-drinking Texas marshal Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart) agrees to help Army officer Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) search for a group of whites who were abducted years earlier by Comanche warriors. After rescuing two of the abductees, McCabe and Gary find that the former captives have fully adopted the culture of their American Indian captors and are barely recognizable. Cultures collide as they attempt to return the settlers to their original -- and now long-forgotten -- lives.

Director: John Ford
Producer: John Ford, Stanley Shpetner
Screenwriter: Will Cook, Frank S. Nugent
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 1961, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2014
Runtime: 1h 48m

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