Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Robert Rossen
Writers: Ivan Moffat, Robert Rossen, Glendon Swarthout
Stars: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Duration: 2h 3m
After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. "war against Pancho Villa," unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. He is ordered back to Cordura with them...and prisoner Adelaide Geary, gringo who sheltered the enemy. On the arduous journey, Thorn's heroes show a different face, and Thorn may have one last chance to prove he's no coward.
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.
