full film, John Wayne & Rock Hudson, THE UNDEFEATED, in Hi Def 1969.

The Civil War is over and it's been pretty costly to both sides. John Wayne has lost nearly every man who volunteered to serve with him and is broke. Rock Hudson who was also a Colonel on the other side went broke financing a regiment of his own and the Yankee carpetbaggers are ready to take over his plantation.
Wayne leads the remainder of his men to capture and tame wild horses to sell. Hudson gets an offer from Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to bring his people and resettle there. He needs all the help he can get to prop up his unpopular government. Hudson is certainly bringing a better quality of Anglo than Burt Lancaster did in Vera Cruz.
When Wayne feels a rip off coming from some middlemen horsetraders, he settles it in the usual Duke fashion and heads to Mexico himself. There the parties of Wayne and Hudson meet and their stories are entwined from then on.
With Wayne and Hudson co-starring, The Undefeated was led by two men who between them were number one at the box office for about a dozen years combined. Wayne was coming off his Oscar winning performance in True Grit. This film was definitely guaranteed an audience.
The story is both men are decent fellows and born leaders. Each is trying to pick up the pieces of civilian life and each is the leader of a party looking to them for leadership. A healthy and mutual respect develops between them despite previous political differences.
Wayne gets a whole load of players who worked with him before for this part. As he grew older he liked to have familiar faces around him. He had the star clout to insure it as well. Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot, Edward Faulkner, Harry Carey, Jr., are some of the Wayne film veterans here. Dub Taylor in his only film with the Duke does a very entertaining job as McCartney the cook. Dub did so many westerns when he wasn't doing hillbillies it's amazing that his and Wayne's path crossed only once.

[@caseyjones8203]

A CLASSIC, THANK YOU

[@bubbapeppers4354]

"She was so busy being a lady that she forgot to be a woman"... "when I want to go hunting ang fishing, I go hunting and fishing and she didn't like that" best lines ever... great movie!

[@terrykeever9422]

I always liked this one. John Wayne, Rock Huson, and the rest of the cast did great jobs. "Windage and elevation Mrs Langston. Windage and elevation."

[@carolcole570]

Eustus, from Little House series. Always LOVE seeing ole Eustus !!!!!

[@JAKEOMINE]

Great old movie

[@angelamariagass3160]

Olá procurei esse filme por tempos , foi uns dos filmes que mais gostei com John wayne e Rock hudson

[@user-fv6rt5lq4k]

I saw it at theater in 69

[@fastsetinthewest]

Thxz. Eaglegards...

[@johnallen7352]

John Wayne is never normally stuck for words in his films but the line when the he says at the beginning when he speaks with the confederate major.....when they intend to carry on fighting.......JW says.... well we're all Americans.....the major replies with.....thats always been the saddest part of it.....great lines.

[@a.true.raider924]

The time period of this Movie was right after the American Civil War & French Occupation of Mexico... The same time we Celebrate "Cinco de Mayo"(The Battle of Puebla🇲🇽/🇨🇵)

[@inserter400]

Good film , bit of a strange ending.

[@Dmolina3715]

nah. ain't supposed to win everything.

[@MagaRickn]

Lots more horses where they got those! ;)

[@rubenpatino7604]

Favor de poner subtitulos en español gracias

[@1223steffen]

1:48:31 not a real person I hope

[@carolcole570]

Ohhhhhh, THAT DEFINITELY is not GRITS ! Gross ! That stuff looked disgusting !