Texas Across the River

Texas Across The River is a 1966 western film comedy with Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. The film was directed by Michael Gordon. Phoebe Ann Naylor is about to be wed to Don Andrea Baldazar, El Duce de la Casala in Louisiana. The festivities are broken up with the arrival of Yancey Cottle and his relatives, who form a U.S. cavalry unit under the command of Cottle's cousin, Captain Rodney Stimpson . When Cottle is killed, Don Andrea is charged with murder. He flees, promising to meet up with Phoebe Ann across the river in Texas, not yet a U.S. state. In the wake of the failed wedding, Phoebe... Ann is sent to Texas to lie low until the scandal blows over. Her wagon train is helped by Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk . Along the way, Hollis gets separated from the wagon train and meets up with Don Andrea, whom he calls Baldy. The two form an antagonistic relationship, as well as a love-triangle with Phoebe Ann, made more complex by the Indian maiden Loneta , and the men's attempts to keep a Comanche raiding party at bay.
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