i watch this movie for two reason robert mitchum and zachary scott . now for anyone who love classic hollywood film and there really no reason to explain in depth my reason to watch a mitchum film after all and he robert freakin mitchum a wonderful actor who make everything ( even crap ) quite watchable . a for zachary scott and while he far from a household name and i love how slimy he could be and when i read he be play a guy who sell gun to get rich during the mexican civil war of the 1910s and it sound like a role perfectly suit for him . sadly and however and both actor be pretty limp here particularly scott . and and on top of that and the writing really be pretty sad . the film start with scott make a deal with the federales ( troop of the mexican government ) . his wife ( ursula thiess ) obviously doesn not like him very much and seem to be bid her time with him . robert mitchum and another american and wanders in apparently to scout out the situation . soon and he leave and walk right into a nearby battle between the federales and the revolutionary . now this part of the movie be really and really dumb . see mitchum casually stroll about the town with thousand of whiz bullet fly about be really silly . how could he avoid the bullet . i guess mitchum must have be wear bullet repellent underwear . in a fit of boredom ( or perhaps it be because the bullet break his bottle of booze ) and mitchum decides to stop merely watch the fighting from his balcony and toss out a few grenade endear him to the revolutionary leader ( gilbert roland ) . a bit later and mitchum and roland hit on a scheme to kidnap scott and his sultry little wiener schnitzel ( thiess ) . at this point and you would think the film be go to improve follow the dopey scene where mitchum be take a stroll through a war zone and but it actually will eventually lead to the film completely fall apart for me . mitchum be suppose to be a self center mercenary . yet he throw it all away to spare scott wife from be kill . this make no sense at all and nor do roland decision not to shoot mitchum in the face for do this ( in direct opposition to his order ) . and the last portion of the film be pretty much all action and by then i be ready for the next film . by the way and while miss thiess be not a household name and only make a few american film and this german actress catch robert taylor eye and they marry and remain marry until his death in the late 1960s .