The Indian Fighter (1955)A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter. Director:André De Toth |
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The Indian Fighter (1955)A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter. Director:André De Toth |
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| Kirk Douglas | ... |
Johnny Hawks
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| Elsa Martinelli | ... |
Onahti
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| Walter Matthau | ... |
Wes Todd
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| Diana Douglas | ... |
Susan Rogers
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| Walter Abel | ... |
Captain Trask
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| Lon Chaney Jr. | ... |
Chivington
(as Lon Chaney)
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| Eduard Franz | ... | ||
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... |
Will Crabtree
(as Alan Hale)
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| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... |
Briggs
(as Elisha Cook)
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| Ray Teal | ... |
Morgan
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| Frank Cady | ... |
Trader Joe
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Michael Winkelman | ... |
Tommy Rogers
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William Phipps | ... |
Lt. Blake
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Harry Landers | ... |
Grey Wolf /
Captain Trask Attaché
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| Hank Worden | ... |
Crazy Bear /
Guardhouse Keeper
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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... Written by David Woodfield
The Indian Fighter (1955) is a nearly forgotten western gem about the former Indian fighter Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas).A war breaks out between the Indians and the whites when some of them are too interested in their gold.Walter Matthau (Wes Todd) and Lon Chaney Jr. (Chivington) are two of such people.Also Hawks' interest in the Sioux Chief's daughter Onahti (Elsa Martinelli) causes some trouble.André De Toth is the director of this western movie.Kirk Douglas has some credibility in the lead.He was just the right man to play these tough guy roles and still would be if he decided to do new movies.His ex-wife Diana Douglas plays a tough woman called Susan Rogers.Walter Matthau could be the funny man and in this movie he makes a fine crook.Lon Chaney Jr. makes a perfect accomplice to Walter.I enjoyed watching this western.It entertained me from the beginning till the end.Isn't that what a good western should do?