Two Rode Together

One of director John Ford's least characteristic films, it derives from the latter part of his career, when the director's belief in the myth of the West had faded, and he was beset by failing health and personal problems. In the cynicism of its humor, the director seems be to taking a page from the ...more

John Ford's darkly comic film, in one way a skewed version of his masterpiece The Searchers (1956), is not among his best, but it does have some laughs, an occasional thought, and an interesting performance by James Stewart. The cynicism of his character, which extends the tough cowboy persona he had developed in the Westerns of Anthony Mann, plays against his iconography. Widmark, likewise abandons his characteristic sneer as the kind of sincere character that was usually played by his co-star. ...more