Clint Eastwood called Ambush at Cimarron Pass the worst movie ever made, but is it really the worst? Or even the worst Western?
The Big Picture Clint Eastwood is an undisputed living legend in Hollywood. Over the course of nearly 70 years, Eastwood has built an award-winning array of performances and directorial efforts that only a handful of his peers have come close to. And at 93, the man is still working, with the upcoming Juror #2, which he is directing, rumored to be Eastwood's last . Yet like every other Hollywood actor, Eastwood has made appearances in films that are either great, like Unforgiven, or...
The Pedestrian Western That Is 'Ambush at Cimarron Pass' Ambush at Cimarron Pass, Eastwood's first credited role in a Western, takes place shortly after the American Civil War. As the film begins, Sgt. Matthew Blake of the Seventh Cavalry and his men are seen going through Apache territory. Along the way, they encounter a group of former Confederate soldiers, led by Capt.
After a heated argument on what to do, the group opt to keep the rifles, which leads to the death of the soldier the Apaches had kidnapped. Blake suggests they walk the rest of the way, confident that so long as they have the guns, the Apaches won't attack. Oh yah... that'll do the trick. As they reach Cimarron Pass, a small party of Apaches attack — shocking, right? — but Blake instructs the group not to fire back, rightly assessing it as a ploy to get them to waste ammunition.
But the question isn't if Ambush at Cimarron Pass is the worst film, or even the worst Western . The question is if the film is Eastwood's worst. He certainly hasn't honed his craft at this point, with the film being one of his first, and comes before his time on TV's Rawhide, where playing Rowdy Yates gave him a vehicle in which to grow as an actor. It isn't a memorable film, often not even mentioned at all when looking at Eastwood's filmography.
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