The Undefeated

Morally the film is impeccable: it is a salutary hymn to the virtues of forgiving and forgetting, helping one's neighbor and burying hatchets somewhere other than in people's heads.

The old frontier is alive and well in the Duke's mind and in that of his director, Andrew V. McLaglen.

A large measure of their success is due to an accomplished screenplay by Waldo Salt-pungent, racy, and with a nice line in over the shoulder throwaways.

While the action is decent, the plot is just a little too strained, the dialogue too wooden, and Hudson overmatched in this John Wayne vehicle.