Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.
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Philip Carey
- Wade Harper
- (as Phil Carey)
Bill Catching
- Anderson
- (uncredited)
Cecil Combs
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Frank Fenton
- Army Captain
- (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier
- Warrior
- (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
- Sgt. Phillips
- (uncredited)
Guy Teague
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Glenn Thompson
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
- Medicine Man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThree of the rivers mentioned in the movie--The Little Blue River, The Elkhorn River and The Loup River--actually exist, but they are not close to the real Fort Kearny. The closest, The Loup River, is located over 60 miles from Fort Kearny. The Little Blue River would be about 100 miles from Fort Kearny, and the Elkhorn River is just west of Omaha, over 150 miles east of Fort Kearny.
- GoofsA motor, likely a generator, is audible during the dialogue of several scenes and is particularly noticeable at six minutes into the film. Motors could not have been a natural background noise in Nebraska during the 1860's.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pushover (1954)
Featured review
Forced, Labored acting and terrible camera work...
An army scout captures Wingfoot--an Indian who works for the cavalry--who is wanted for murder. He brings him into the fort but the Indian, along with Lee Van Cleef, manages to escape. So Carey has to go after them. A no-good man and a woman, which he claims to be his wife, are rescued by Cleef and Wingfoot after their stagecoach is over-turned in an Indian chase. That's when Carey manages to catch Wingfoot/Cleef and takes them to a relay station where an old timer agrees to help take them back to the fort. Suddenly, before they can leave, they find they are surrounded by the Indians who want Wingfoot because the murder he is wanted for was their chief. Now Carey, the man and woman (who turns out to be Carey's former girlfriend), the relay manager and the two outlaws are trapped. There's lots of shooting and even a few times of catching the relay station on fire before the finale.
The acting in the movie is labored. It seems none of the actors/actresses were comfortable in their role nor had they learned their lines. It was really pitiful. But that was not the worst.
One of the most ridiculous things about the movie, other than the contrived, forced acting by all, is the use of fake rocks which are held up in front of the camera during the chase scenes and continue to move back and forth as though whoever was holding the picture could not hold it still. The "rocks" were there to highlight the front portion of the scenery and make it look "rocky" to match the mountains in the far background. But they certainly LOOKED super-imposed! It REALLY cheapens the movie. Were it not for the fact I taped it off cable I would not spend money to buy it on video/DVD.
The acting in the movie is labored. It seems none of the actors/actresses were comfortable in their role nor had they learned their lines. It was really pitiful. But that was not the worst.
One of the most ridiculous things about the movie, other than the contrived, forced acting by all, is the use of fake rocks which are held up in front of the camera during the chase scenes and continue to move back and forth as though whoever was holding the picture could not hold it still. The "rocks" were there to highlight the front portion of the scenery and make it look "rocky" to match the mountains in the far background. But they certainly LOOKED super-imposed! It REALLY cheapens the movie. Were it not for the fact I taped it off cable I would not spend money to buy it on video/DVD.
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- Flaming_star_69
- Sep 28, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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