5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.
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- TriviaThe forage caps (or kepis) worn by the deserters are of an 1862 pattern that denoted the soldier's branch of service by the color of the sides and crown (red for artillery, yellow for cavalry and sky blue for infantry).
- GoofsWhen Cockney is bitten by a rattlesnake, he instantly dies(1:09:21). Most deaths occur between 6 and 48 hours after the bite.
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Sergeant Todd: [to the Kid] You ain't done enough to run away from. Shouldn't have followed me, kid. Shouldn't have started runnin'. I've been runnin' every since I knowed runnin' from... everything how I never liked. Yeah, I reckon there ain't much to like around this world. I've ben runnin' so long I don't know how to stop! It don't do too much good when you stop and figure why you're runnin'. It catches up to you. You can't run away from yourself. Don't run away from nothin', kid. It don't do no good. You're so tired you wanna die.
- Crazy creditsThe MPAA seal appears on the opening Republic Pictures logo instead of its usual place in the credits.
- SoundtracksMy Old Kentucky Home
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Composed by Stephen Foster (1852)
Heard briefly when viewing daguerrotype
If you get the feeling not all of them will survive, you'd be correct.
A movie like this tries to play for both adventurous entertainment and credibility.
"Yellowneck" straddles the line in a way that makes you feel like you haven't been totally cheated out of an hour of your life. It isn't classic, in my opinion, but it isn't nearly as contrived as many other such movies.
When one weighs a movie like this, the deciding weight is in the credibility of the plot, story, and characters.
We have an inkling who will survive, and the way the film goes about this process is perhaps a little contrived, but not very contrived.
If you watch this, I feel safe to say you will also rate it close to middle ground, like I did.
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes