They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western film co-written and directed by Robert Rossen and starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. It was based on a 1958 novel by Glendon Swarthout.
Plot
In 1916, as U.S. soldiers chase after Pancho Villa, Army Major Thomas Thorn is assigned to be a battlefield observer and reward heroism. He has been suggested for this duty by Colonel Rogers, who is 63 years old and impatiently yearning to be promoted to general before mandatory retirement a few months hence.
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| author | Ivan Moffat Robert Rossen |
|---|---|
| director | Robert Rossen |
| editor | William Lyon |
| genre | western |
| keywords | army major chase after disgrace fight learn medal of honor moral courage pancho villa pancho villa expedition turn |
| musicBy | Elie Siegmeister |
| producer | William Goetz |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |