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The Indian Fighter (1955)
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Summary: Johnny Hawks, a former Indian fighter, returns to the West after the Civil War. He reacquaints himself with the Indian band led by Red Cloud. Red Cloud's beautiful daughter has now grown into womanhood... Unscrupulous whisky traders are after the gold on Indian land. Hawks averts serious bloodshed by convincing Red Cloud to make a treaty... Hawks leads an Oregon-bound wagon train through Indian territory. When he slips away to see the chief's daughter, trouble between braves and whisky traders flares up anew, putting the wagon train and the nearby fort in peril... (imdb)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Directed By: André De Toth
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na rafaelbastos
80
 T7
O legítimo cineasta da AÇÃO.
na Jos
85
 T9
na sirphibes
60
 T3
na cinebaixar
75
 T3
na dr. radical
54
 T3
na jewellrunner
64
 T4
na jodamico
75
 T5
De Toth paints a west in conflict not, as its often told, between a superior (US) and an inferior (Indian) military force, but between a superior economic force (US) and a superior military force (Indian). Kirk Douglas is his usual charming self, but Elisha Cook Jr steals the show here. What a lovely character he created. The Achille's heel, though, is the lame cinematography. The lack of powerful imagery little by little drags this down from minor classic to also-ran.
na Limdebois
60
 T5
na billkerwin
81
 T5
Douglas is just okay and Martinelli is miscast (Indian princess with Italian accent) in this so-so scripted Western. Yet the twilight photography of the Pacific Northwest (strangely cold for Cinemascope), the viciousness of Matthau, and De Toth's flair for making peace-treaty pageantry inspiring, wagon train life realistic, and violence sudden and terrible, make this memorable. Also note: Elisha Cook, Jr. as an early poet of the camera, and Indians who--for once--understand military strategy.
na stack
7
 T6
na daviddevries
83
 T4
na filmcricket
69
 T8
na Zoltan
60
 T4
na Antares
60
 T3
na winds
6
 T8
na sidehacker
73
 T7
na Lobo_Lopez
70
 T7
na dharmabum
60
 T5
na imdb
64
 T5
Average Tier 5.32 from 19 Rankings rss