They Came to Cordura

Jun 1, 1959

2h 3m

★ 6.6

Slashing story of a desert warrior who fought his way from HELL to GLORY!

Overview

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Major Thomas Thorn

Gary Cooper

Adelaide Geary

Rita Hayworth

Sgt. John Chawk

Van Heflin

Lt. William Fowler

Tab Hunter

Cpl. Milo Trubee

Richard Conte

Pvt. Andrew L. Hetherington

Michael Callan

Pvt. Wilbur James Renziehausen

Dick York

Col. Rogers

Robert Keith

Col. DeRose

Edward Platt

Arreaga

Carlos Romero

Capt. Paltz

Jim Bannon

Maurice Jara

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.

6.2

Chuka

Jul 23, 1967

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

6.9

Devil's Doorway

Aug 18, 1950

A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

6.9

The Horse Soldiers

Jun 11, 1959

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

5.9

The Burrowers

Sep 9, 2008

It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

7.7

The Searchers

May 16, 1956

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

6.6

Hondo

Nov 26, 1953

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

7.0

Ulzana's Raid

Oct 27, 1972

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.

6.7

Cheyenne Autumn

Oct 15, 1964

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

6.5

The Glory Guys

Jul 7, 1965

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.

6.2

The Undefeated

Oct 4, 1969

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.

5.4

Seminole

Mar 20, 1953

Lance Caldwell, a cavalry lieutenant, recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.

5.3

A Distant Trumpet

May 20, 1964

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.

5.0

Geronimo

Nov 26, 1939

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

6.2

Escape from Fort Bravo

Dec 4, 1953

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

4.6

Apache Woman

Dec 10, 1976

Tommy is an innocent cavalry officer who falls in love with a beautiful Apache woman after rescuing her from a nasty gun smuggler named Honest Jeremy. When Jeremy and his gang find Tommy, gruesome violence ensues.

5.4

A Thunder of Drums

Sep 26, 1961

Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.

6.2

The Command

Feb 13, 1954

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.