A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.
Beulah Archuletta
- Mexican Woman
- (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Nick Borgani
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
George Huggins
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Margarita Martín
- Marguerita
- (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Max Wagner
- Brown
- (uncredited)
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- GoofsJohn Payne (I)'s Capt. Croyden character and much of the cast are armed with .45-cal. Colt 1873 SAA "Peacemaker" revolvers. The story is set in 1863, a full ten years before the model was introduced by Colt. The handgun a Texas Ranger and a Union Army officer should be carrying would more than likely have been the Colt 1860 Army, a Civil War-era "cap-and-ball" pistol, yet the gun belts worn by the actors have bullet loops full of .45-cal. "Long" Colt cartridges.
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Capt. Todd Croyden: [to Madeline Zanzeeger] I don't know anything about you, except you can tie a man's stomach in knots and make his tongue feel as thick as a saddle blanket.
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Similar to "Vera Cruz," but not as good
During the midst of the Civil War in 1863, a Texas Ranger (John Payne) and a Union agent (Dennis O'Keefe) team-up for a mission south of the border. Their focus is a town where a government agent had gone missing and the factions supporting Benito Juárez and, secretly, wannabe French-imposed emperor Maximilian. The beautiful Rhonda Fleming is on hand.
"The Eagle and the Hawk" (1950) is similar to the later "Vera Cruz" (1954), except that it takes place during the Civil War rather than immediately afterward. While it's not great like that movie, it's okay and has its highlights. The main problem is that, after a promising opening, it bogs down in the talky politics & intrigue of the Mexican town.
But the Technicolor and locations are to die for and the characters played by Payne and O'Keefe make for an entertaining duo while redhead Rhonda is stunning. The film impressively mixes magnificent location shooting with matte paintings and studio sets.
The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes, and was shot in Sedona, Arizona, and Paramount Studios, Hollywood.
GRADE: B-/C+
"The Eagle and the Hawk" (1950) is similar to the later "Vera Cruz" (1954), except that it takes place during the Civil War rather than immediately afterward. While it's not great like that movie, it's okay and has its highlights. The main problem is that, after a promising opening, it bogs down in the talky politics & intrigue of the Mexican town.
But the Technicolor and locations are to die for and the characters played by Payne and O'Keefe make for an entertaining duo while redhead Rhonda is stunning. The film impressively mixes magnificent location shooting with matte paintings and studio sets.
The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes, and was shot in Sedona, Arizona, and Paramount Studios, Hollywood.
GRADE: B-/C+
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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