They Came to Cordura

They Came to Cordura is a 1959 Western film cowritten and directed by Robert Rossen, starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth, and featuring Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte, Michael Callan, and Dick York. It was based on a 1958 novel by Glendon Swarthout.

Rogers leads his regiment in an oldfashioned but poorly planned Cavalry charge on Ojos Azules, a villa owned by Adelaide Geary Rita Hayworth where Villas men withdrew after a victory over Mexican government troops, enjoying her hospitality. Thorn, excused from the fighting, observes through his binoculars various acts of heroism by Lt. Fowler Tab Hunter, Sgt. Chawk Van Heflin, Cpl. Trubee Richard Conte and Pvt. Renziehausen Dick York in defeating Villas men.Rogers is proud of having personally led the charge, but furious when Thorn wont nominate him for a citation. Thorn insists that leading his regiment in the charge was in the line of duty and refuses to consider a citation for the Medal of Honor, awarded for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. Rogers reminds Thorn that he protected him from an investigation for cowardice, which he did out of respect for Thorns father, but does not sway Thorn. ........

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