Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

bsmith5552 "Two Rode Together" is considered by many to be one of John Ford's lesser westerns (including Ford himself). It's basically a vehicle for the film's two stars James Stewart and Richard Widmark.The basic plot has army lieutenant Jim Gary tricking town marshal Guthrie (that's right) McCabe (Stewart) into returning with him to his fort where he is cajoled into embarking on a search for white captives of the Commanches in order to return them to their families who are waiting nearby as part of a wagon train. Gary and McCabe then proceed into the camp of Commanche chief Quanah Parker (Henry Brandon). They return with two captives, Elena de la Madriaga (Linda Cristal), the wife of Commanche rebel Stone Calf (Woody Strode) and a teenage warrior Running Wolf (David Kent). Tragic events follow.Ford borrows ideas from many of his previous westerns. The opening scene for example, shows Stewart sitting back in his chair with his feet up on the railing much like Henry Fonda in "My Darling Clementine" (1946). The whole premise of "Two Rode Together" is the search for white captives not unlike the plot of "The Searchers" (1956) even to the extent of casting Henry Brandon in much the same role he played in the earlier film. The Cleggs (Ford Rainey, Harry Carey Jr., Ken Curtis) are similar to the point of using the same surname as characters in "Wagonmaster" (1950). There is even a commanding officer's ball much like that in "Fort Apache" (1948).The film is light on action....hardly a shot is fired. Except for individual clashes there are no major incidents between the cavalry and the Indians. There is but one fistfight, and that is played for laughs.There are however, some memorable moments in this film as there are in every John Ford picture. One involves a lengthy scene on a riverbank between Stewart and Widmark where they trade humorous remarks. The meeting in the Indian camp of the captive mother of the Clegg boys (played by silent star Mae Marsh) is very moving. The plea of John Qualen for the return of his daughter is also very touching.As in most Ford westerns, there is a large cast. The female lead is a miscast Shirley Jones complete with braided pig tails who is seeking her captured brother, the husband/wife team of John McIntire as the crusty Major Frazer and Jeanette Nolan as a slightly mad Mrs. McCandles, Andy Devine, along for comedy relief as Sgt. Posy and Willis Bouchey as Mr. Wringle who tries to buy his son, any son's return. Also in the cast are Ford Regulars Anna Lee and Jack Pennick and look for a very young Ted Knight as Lt. Upton.Not his best western, but any John Ford western is worth a look if only to see what parts he assigned to his so-called stock company.

John Holden It's big, loud, blowsy, breezy, glib, heartening and heartrending, larger than life, colorful, fulsome, winsome, .... all the schmaltz and schlock and superficial sentimentality that Hollywood loves to throw at you.James Stewart plays James Stewart. He's corrupt, heartless, cynical, cold; he drinks, he smokes, he offers to buy and sell people .... but, wait, we know, don't we, that he's the guy who opened the doors to the bank ... It's an act, isn't it? James won't let us, and America, down.Widmark, sadly underrated throughout his career, does an amazing job but he's the only bright spot. Ford's stock actors play the stock characters they always play. Ken Curtis plays that there hillbilly rebel guy who aw-shuckses and darns-its you to death.John Ford became the Norman Rockwell of movies after doing some harder stuff. Real shame. This should probably be rated a 2-3 given Ford's reputation.

davidjanuzbrown Is this best of Stewart, Widmark or Ford? No it is not. But this is still an excellent film, and there are two big reasons. First, is the character of Elena de la Madriaga (Linda Cristal). She is a person who has a tremendous amount of honor, decency and faith. As First Lt. Jim Gary (Widmark) pointed out when there were people asking "Why she did not kill herself?" and he said "Her faith." Quite often you see Mexicans (Portrayed as peasants and other people basically inferior), and in this case, Elena is not (Despite being Stone Calf's (Woody Strode) woman, she never forgot who she was and where she came from). In addition, you have an interesting performance by Shirley Jones (Marty Purcell). I really think of the scene (Spoilers)where her brother (Who was kidnapped by the Comanchee) kills a woman, and remembered the music box and said "Mine" before he was hung, and the horror on her face, when he was hung. The other reason to watch is Stewart. Although this is NOT his best film (He makes anything that is NOT "No Time For Comedy" or a musical worth watching). People who reviewed this film are obviously not big Stewart films, because they would have known his character( Marshal Guthrie McCabe (Also known as "Old Gus)) is not the only time he played a less than honorable character. "The Far Country" (Jeff Webster) & "The Naked Spur" (Glyn McLyntock) are two that come to mind where he is not an outright bad guy, but not too nice either. If anyone sees the "Naked Spur" they will remember a bounty scene involving Janet Leigh, they will not soon forget. What you see is a man who in the beginning, plays on the desperation of others (Trying to get loved ones back from the Indians at any price), and who changes to such a degree that Jim says to his former employer Belle Aragon (Annelle Hayes), that "Old Gus finally found something he wants more than money." (Elena). The only reasons I did not give this film a 10/10 are Andy Devine's character (Sgt. Darius P. Posey) who was absolutely cringe worthy when he knocked people in the river with his stomach, and the outcome of the relationship between Jim and Marty. Although they will be married, Jim will not sacrifice the Army for Marty (Keep in mind, she blamed herself for her brother's kidnapping in the first place, then saw him hanged, so she needed a major change of scenery), like Gus did for Elena. So I give it 9/10.

vincentlynch-moonoi If you're just looking for a DECENT Western, you might try this one; it's at lest better than the average Western of the era. But, that's not saying much.If you're looking for a fine John Ford Western...well, you're going to be disappointed. Ford reportedly didn't want to do this film and thought it was not a top-rate story. And it shows. We all know what Ford was capable of, and here it almost seems as if he intentionally gave the film short shrift. Interestingly, the very next year, John Ford and Jimmy Stewart teamed together to make one of the finest Westerns of all time -- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence". This film pales in comparison. I don't think I've ever before watched a film and thought, "This would be better in black and white." But I thought that here, simply because it looked just a little too shallow.You think the story is about buying back White captives from the Indians. And it is, but it tells that story superficially. Then you think it's about the captives' lives back in White society. And it is, but it tells that story superficially. And that's this film in a nutshell -- superficial.The casting...well, I was never a fan of Richard Widmark, although in recent years I've begun to reassess his talents. Here, however, I was not particularly impressed.Jimmy Stewart as the small-town less than stellar-minded sheriff is a tad disappointing. Stewart was long one of my favorites, with so many wonderful roles in his career...this is not one of them. Here, he's not the really good guy, nor the really bad guy...something in between...so you don't exactly like or dislike his character. And it seems as if he didn't take the film very seriously. In the film, Widmark and Stewart have a relationship that is poorly scripted -- close friends, enemies ready to kill each other...it just doesn't make sense. Shirley Jones must have been disappointed in her role. But, I feel most sorry for a character actor that was never a favorite of mine -- Andy Devine...he deserved a better part here. It almost seemed that someone felt sorry for him and tossed him in the cast just to be nice.There are a number of character actors here that you'll recognize: John McIntire as an army major, Harry Carey Jr., Ken Curtis as a "hillbilly"...another inane role to his credit, David Kent in a bizarre role as a White captive who has gone Indian, Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. John McIntire, and others.I rarely give a "6", but I will here, not because it's a bad film (although some of the dialog is more primitive than the Indians), but because with all the talent here, it should have been so much better. A definite disappointment.