In 1876, a Canadian North West Mounted Police Constable must obtain the release of white hostages captured by the Cree tribes that are raiding Montana from their Canadian reservation.
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Title: Pony Soldier (1952)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Tyrone Power | ... | Constable Duncan MacDonald | |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Konah | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Natayo Smith | |
| Penny Edwards | ... | Emerald Neeley | |
| Robert Horton | ... | Jess Calhoun | |
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Anthony Numkena | ... | Comes Running (as Anthony Earl Numkena) |
| Adeline De Walt Reynolds | ... | White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds) | |
| Howard Petrie | ... | Insp. Frazer | |
| Stuart Randall | ... | Standing Bear | |
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In 1876, Duncan MacDonald joins the new, 300-member Mounted Police in western Canada, just in time for a dangerous mission. It seems the Cree Indians, raiding across the border in Montana, took two hostages for their safe return to Canada. But MacDonald, with only scout Natayo to help, will need all his diplomacy and then some to extract the captives from the midst of a thousand Cree. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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saskatchewan canada | royal canadian mounted police | native american | bare chested male | half breed |Taglines:
A LONE MAN AGAINST WARRING INDIAN TRIBES! (original ad - all caps) See more »Genres:
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19 December 1952 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Constable Duncan MacDonald: You told Inspector Frazier Standing Bear's Crees were cut to pieces.
Natayo Smith: Natayo make big mistake. Sometimes even when smart beaver cut down tree, tree fall on beaver.
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Fans of composer Alex North may recognize some themes in "Pony Soldier" that were later used in "Spartacus" and "Cleopatra". See more »Goofs
MacDonald states that a mirage is when the sky acts like a mirror showing water that is far away to appear closer. A mirage is a refracted image of the sky on the ground that appears as water. See more »Quotes
[looking down on an enormous Cree camp]Constable Duncan MacDonald: You told Inspector Frazier Standing Bear's Crees were cut to pieces.
Natayo Smith: Natayo make big mistake. Sometimes even when smart beaver cut down tree, tree fall on beaver.
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Improbably enough, Tyrone Power plays one of the first Canadian Mounties in this film. While I just couldn't picture him in this role, he was fine in the role as an interpreter sent to discuss peace with a renegade Indian tribe. The first half of the film was amazingly leisurely paced and lacked the usual level of excitement found in a Western, though the second half improved quite a bit. What I particularly liked was how the Indians were generally portrayed. Unlike earlier Westerns of the 30s and 40s, this one was much more sympathetic in its portrayal of the natives--showing them as intelligent and generally quite honorable. Also, to get past the usual dialog and accent problems, early in the film the narrator announced that Power and the Indians spoke the native language but it was translated to English for the benefit of the audience (an unusual announcement to say the least).
Aside from a nice portrayal of most of the Indian, the story also featured a cute Indian lad who actually helped the story--something cute child actors rarely do! On the negative side, the overall effort, to me, seemed rather listless in places and just didn't seem like much more than a very good time-passer. Interestingly enough, I watched this movie with my wife and she really liked it--more than I did, and this is unusual since she usually HATES Westerns.