The Undefeated (1969) On DVD

Actor:           John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo                                                                                                                    
Director:      Andrew V. McLaglen
Genre:          Westerns
Year:             1969
Studio:          Fox Home Entertainment
Length:         119
Released:    May 20, 2003
Rating:          General Audiences (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Color
Language:    English, French, Spanish
Subtitles  :    English, Spanish

DESCRIPTION:

John Wayne, that pillar of machismo, was well aware that costar Rock Hudson was gay, yet he prized him as a boon companion, a fellow professional, and one hell of a bridge player. Each plays a Civil War commander who, after the ceasefire, leads a community of home folks into Mexico to make a fresh start. Hudson is a Southern gentleman; Wayne commanded the Yankee cavalry at Shiloh, where Hudson's brother died. Nevertheless, Rock, with his extended family, and Duke, with his troop of cowboys and 3,000 horses to sell to Emperor Maximilian, soon join forces to outgun banditos and beam paternally over the budding romance between their respective daughter and son (an adopted Indian played by footballer Roman Gabriel with Crystal Gayle hair). Lingering North-South animosities are celebrated in an obligatory communal fistfight in the Andrew V. McLaglen manner, and the showdown with both Maximilian's lancers and the rebel Juaristas is disconcertingly perfunctory.