
Two Rode Together
1961 · Movie · NR · 109 min · ★ 6.4 · 78% critics
A Texas marshal and a cavalry lieutenant team up for a risky mission to negotiate the release of white settlers who have been held as captives. What starts as a planned bargaining trip turns complicated when the returned captives face uncertainty and resistance from both sides.
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Details
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-05-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (153 votes)
About
Watch Two Rode Together if you enjoy classic Western missions and troubled rescues with a darkly comedic edge; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a uniformly satisfying, consistent tone like The Searchers or How the West Was Won.
Pros: strong lead performances; tense negotiation plot; memorable dialogue | Cons: uneven tone; uneven pacing; divisive themes
Themes
- comanche
Cast & crew

James Stewart
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe

Richard Widmark
as First Lt. Jim Gary

Shirley Jones
as Marty Purcell

Linda Cristal
as Elena de la Madriaga

Andy Devine
as Sgt. Darius P. Posey

John McIntire
as Major Frazer

Paul Birch
as Judge Edward Purcell

Willis Bouchey
as Mr. Harry J. Wringle

Henry Brandon
as Chief Quanah Parker

Harry Carey, Jr.
as Ortho Clegg
Directed by John Ford