Cattle Drive - BLU-RAY

One of Joel McCrea's personal favorites, CATTLE DRIVE is an atmospheric frontier tale variation on the adventure story, Captains Courageous. Chester Graham, Jr. (Dean Stockwell), the spoiled teenage son of a railroad tycoon, gets lost in the desert but is rescued by Dan Matthews (McCrea), a cattle herder on his way to San Diego. As they head toward civilization together, the young greenhorn soon gets an education in the value of hard wo

The vicious slaughter of the Cheyenne Indians during the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 is the focus for this ultra-realistic drama. Surviving the attack, a devoted U.S. soldier (Peter Strauss) and a white woman (Candice Bergen) sympathetic to the Cheyenne's plight attempt to make their way to a cavalry base. Along the way, they deal with their opposing viewpoints before arriving at a U.S. outpost on the eve of an attack on an Indian village. Donald Pleasence, John Anderson co-star. 115 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

Tough frontier drama that looks at the nature of heroism stars Gary Cooper as Major Thomas Thorn, a U.S. Army officer accused of cowardice in 1916. Tasked with finding five Medal of Honor candidates and bringing them to a military outpost, Thorn finds himself presented with the opportunity to demonstrate his own courage while learning some harsh truths about the men who are being decorated. With Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter. 123 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; featurette; theatrical trailer.