The Undefeated is a 1969 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and John Wayne and starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. The film portrays events surrounding the French Intervention in Mexico and is also loosely based on General J. O. Shelby's escape to Mexico after the Civil War and his attempt to join with Maximilian's forces. After the American Civil War, Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and company attacks a group of Confederate soldiers, only to be informed after defeating them that the war had ended days ago. The Confederate soldiers, led by Colonel James Langdon prepare... to join Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Langdon torches his plantation before he departs rather than have it fall into the hands of carpetbaggers. At the same time, Thomas, with his adopted Indian son Blue Boy and his surviving command, brings a herd of 3,000 horses across the Rio Grande for sale in Durango, Mexico. Halfway there, Blue Boy notices that the tracks of a group of bandits indicate that they are planning an ambush on a group of travelers. Blue Boy and Thomas go to warn the travelers, who turn out to be the Confederates.
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| Release date: | October 12, 1969 |
| Directed by: | Andrew McLaglen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert L. Jacks |
| Editor: | Robert L. Simpson |
| Music by: | Hugo Montenegro |
| Cinematography: | William H. Clothier |
| Screenplay by: | James Lee Barrett |
| Genre: | Western, Adventure, Action |