The press got hysterical about this movie - Sean Connery in a Western. Connery appearing opposite Brigitte Bardot.
It's a strong story, and looks great (vistas etc). But it's an ensemble piece - sort of like Stagecoach, about Europeans on a hunting trip encountering Apaches. There's various subplots like Jack Hawkins' wife Honor Blackman having it off with Stephen Boyd. Connery is a former cavalry officer who advises them to get out and they odn't.
There's too many characters to service so the strong cast don't have anything to do. Connery and Bardot don't have anything to play. They should have written him as taciturn and explosive but unused to women - or something. He's just a guy. She's just Bardot, and not attractively costumer. Honor Blackman is better because she's got something to play. Connery isn't even that tough - he doesn't do much through the film.
There's also Peter Van Eyck, Eric Sykes, Alexander Knox, Woody Strode.
Also never makes sense why posh types are hunting in New Mexico which is really rocky and desert-y. The plains would have made more sense.
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