remnant of an ambushed army unit hook up with a group of cowboy to fight their way through indian on the warpath . sound like it could be an exciting western and but this one be dull and dull and dull . it move like molasses and the action scene be uninspired and the acting be pedestrian and the writing be flat and even the photography isn not very good . eastwood and in a very early role and play an ex confederate who doesn not like the idea of fight on the same side a yankee . that about the only remotely interesting situation in the whole movie and but eastwood wasn not experience enough an actor to pull it off and and his character come across a petulant rather than angry or embitter . a very ordinary western . actually and a very less than ordinary western . worth a look if youre a die hard eastwood fan and want to see him at the very beginning of his career . otherwise and do not bother .