Only the Valiant (1951)
Only the Valiant falls into the category of “typical western”. I don’t have anything against westerns, but the ones I like have more substance than just “Cowboys versus Indians”. Unfortunately, even with an interesting premise, the movie doesn’t really explore much more than the game played by millions of little boys.
Gregory Peck is involved in a love triangle. He loves Barbara Peyton, but so does Gig Young, and while both men are in the army, Gig Young is much better liked by the other troops and officers. Greg is signed up for a dangerous assignment, but at the last minute, his superior officer orders him to tell Gig Young to take his place. Gig is killed, and everyone holds Greg responsible, thinking he made the switch on purpose. He’s sent to another dangerous battle with Indians, a battle he has to win to prove himself to the town, and to Barbara Peyton.
Sounds interesting, right? I thought so, but once Greg gets sent to battle, I got pretty bored pretty fast. If you find cowboys and Indians fights riveting, you might like the rest of the movie better than I did, but for a good Gregory Peck western, I’ll watch The Big Country.
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Gregory Peck is involved in a love triangle. He loves Barbara Peyton, but so does Gig Young, and while both men are in the army, Gig Young is much better liked by the other troops and officers. Greg is signed up for a dangerous assignment, but at the last minute, his superior officer orders him to tell Gig Young to take his place. Gig is killed, and everyone holds Greg responsible, thinking he made the switch on purpose. He’s sent to another dangerous battle with Indians, a battle he has to win to prove himself to the town, and to Barbara Peyton.
Sounds interesting, right? I thought so, but once Greg gets sent to battle, I got pretty bored pretty fast. If you find cowboys and Indians fights riveting, you might like the rest of the movie better than I did, but for a good Gregory Peck western, I’ll watch The Big Country.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "john S" for posting!
More Jeff Corey movies here!
More Gregory Peck movies here!