THEY CAME TO CORDURA Original US Half Sheet Movie poster Gary Cooper Rita Hayworth

They Came to Cordura (1959)

Directed by Robert Rossen.

With Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter

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.