White Eagle (1941)

White Eagle is the son of a massacred army officer, who has been raised by an Indian tribe and believes himself to be the son of the tribal chief. White Eagle is working to get a peace ... See full summary »

Director:

James W. Horne

Writers:

Morgan Cox (screenplay), John Cutting (screenplay),

Stars:

Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Fay

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buck Jones	...	White Eagle
Raymond Hatton	...	Grizzly
Dorothy Fay	...	Janet Rand
James Craven	...	'Dandy' Darnell
Chief Yowlachie	...	Chief Running Deer
Jack Ingram	...	Gregory Cantro
Charles King	...	Henchman Brace
John Merton	...	Henchman Ronimo

Storyline

White Eagle is the son of a massacred army officer, who has been raised by an Indian tribe and believes himself to be the son of the tribal chief. White Eagle is working to get a peace treaty signed between the Indians and the white settlers, but "Dandy" Darnell has about a dozen different reasons for the treaty not to be signed, and keeps dispatching a small army of henchmen to keep relations between the Indians and the settlers stirred to a boiling point for most of the fifteen chapters

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Plot Keywords:

indian | u.s. army | peace treaty | gang | secret gang boss | 

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Taglines:

BAD MEDICINE FOR BAD MEN...AS HE WRITES THE LAW IN RED-HOT LEAD! (original poster-all caps)

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1941 (USA)

Also Known As:

El águila invencible

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

290 min 290 min (15 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chapter Titles: 1. Flaming Tepees 2. The Jail Delivery 3. The Dive into Quicksand 4. The Warning Death Knife 5. Treachery at the Blockade 6. The Gun-Can Murder 7. The Revealing Blotter 8. Bird Calls of Deliverance 9. The Fake Telegram 10. Mystic Dots and Dashes 11. The Ear at the Window 12. The Massacre Invitation 13. The Framed-Up Showdown 14. THe Fake Army General 15. Treachery Doomed

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Connections

Featured in Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

User Reviews

Buck rides the same trail again, but takes longer this time.

This 1941 Buck Jones serial was a remake of Jones' 1932 feature western of the same title. It was the 13th Columbia serial.

The plot is the same as Fred Myton's 1932 original-feature story, expanded from 62 minutes to 290 minutes, wherein White Eagle (Buck Jones)is the son of a massacred army officer, who has been raised by an Indian tribe and believes himself to be the son of the tribal chief. White Eagle is working to get a peace treaty signed between the Indians and the white settlers, but "Dandy" Darnell (James Craven), in one of the "greatest" over-the-top, scenery-chewing performances even lensed, has about a dozen different reasons for the treaty not to be signed, and keeps dispatching a small army of henchmen to keep relations between the Indians and the settlers stirred to a boiling point for most of the fifteen chapters.