Trooper Hook (1957)

After a band of Indians kill a group of soldiers, Sergeant Hook captures them and their leader Nanches. Among the prisoners is Nanches' son and the boy's white mother captured by them nine ... See full summary »

Director:

Charles Marquis Warren

Writers:

Jack Schaefer (story), David Victor (screenplay),

Stars:

Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joel McCrea	...	Sgt. Clovis Hook
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Cora Sutliff
Earl Holliman	...	Jeff Bennett
Edward Andrews	...	Charlie Travers
John Dehner	...	Fred Sutliff
Susan Kohner	...	Consuela, Senora Sandoval's Granddaughter
Royal Dano	...	Mr. Trude, Stage Driver
Celia Lovsky	...	Señora Sandoval
Stanley Adams	...	Heathcliff, the Windmill Salesman
Terry Lawrence	...	Quito, Nanchez and Cora ' Son
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Nanchez, Apache Chief (as Rudolfo Acosta)
Richard Shannon	...	Trooper Ryan
Sheb Wooley	...	Townsman
Jeanne Bates	...	Weaver's daughter
Patrick O'Moore	...	Col. Adam Weaver

Storyline

After a band of Indians kill a group of soldiers, Sergeant Hook captures them and their leader Nanches. Among the prisoners is Nanches' son and the boy's white mother captured by them nine years earlier. Hook's assignment is to escort the mother and son to the woman's husband. Traveling by stagecoach they learn that Nanches has escaped and it's not long before he and his warriors show up intent on reclaiming the boy.

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 1958 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Fluch der Gewalt

Filming Locations:

California Studios - 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmaster Productions, Sol Baer Fielding

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

If Cora/Barbara Stanwyck had lice, the reason given for her cropped hair, her son would have had lice, too, due to all the direct contact between them. Probably, half the tribe (at least) would have contracted lice, and yet she was the only one with the cropped hair.

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Soundtracks

"Trooper Hook"
Written by Gerald Fried, Mitzi Cummings
Sung by Tex Ritter

User Reviews

Forgettable "western"

Trooper Hook(played by Joel McCrea)is a hard, but good-natured army officer, fighting against the Indians. When taking captive a notorious Apache leader, he finds out the Indian's wife is a white woman(Barbara Stanwyck), with an Indian child. Hook has to bring the woman(and the child) back to her real husband. Of course, there are some complications.(nothing you couldn't have guessed however)And that's about all the story there is...

The only good thing about this western is the acting. Stanwyck and McCrea do a good job. The film itself never becomes irritating, but that's about the best you can say about it. There's hardly a decent story, the songs are pretty lousy and sometimes you can notice that it wasn't exactly the wild wild west they were filming in. Notice that at a certain moment the coach in which our main characters are traveling comes to a stop. When you see a close-up of Stanwyck however, the vehicle seems to be moving. It's just one of the examples of bad filming in this movie... 4/10