The Undefeated

Across 2000 Miles Of Savage Wasteland... They Lived A Thundering Adventure That Rocked Two Nations!

1969 • 119 min • Western

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Synopsis

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.

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Best from age 10

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After the American Civil War, two colonels, one Union and one Confederate, lead their groups through a Mexico plagued by revolution. They must overcome their past differences and unite to protect their people from bandits and revolutionaries as they seek safety and a new life.

Violence & peril: 5/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 4/10

Heads up

Historical violence and conflict
Some intense chase scenes
Depicts historical attitudes

What it models well

Cooperation over conflict
Resilience in hardship
Finding common ground

Talk about it after

The impact of war on families
Why people seek new beginnings
When old enemies must become allies

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Top billed cast

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen • Crew: Stanley Hough, James Lee Barrett

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Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
Obviously contrived with the box office in mind, this is an OK western that sees John Wayne (the rough and ready Yankee colonel) and Rock Hudson (the suave, debonaire, but broke, plantation owning Confederate colonel) and their respective ex-soldiers form an uneasy partnership after the US Civil war, to drive some horses to their new owner, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.…
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