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Pony Soldier

  • 19521952
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
768
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Tyrone Power and Penny Edwards in Pony Soldier (1952)
Western
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
768
YOUR RATING
    • Joseph M. Newman
    • John C. Higgins(screenplay)
    • Garnett Weston(story)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Thomas Gomez
    • Joseph M. Newman
    • John C. Higgins(screenplay)
    • Garnett Weston(story)
  • Stars
    • Tyrone Power
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Thomas Gomez
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Tyrone Power and Cameron Mitchell in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power and Penny Edwards in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Thomas Gomez and Muriel Landers in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power and Cameron Mitchell in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power and Thomas Gomez in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Cameron Mitchell in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power and Penny Edwards in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Penny Edwards in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Penny Edwards and Cameron Mitchell in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Penny Edwards and Cameron Mitchell in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power, Thomas Gomez, and Anthony Numkena in Pony Soldier (1952)
    Tyrone Power and Penny Edwards in Pony Soldier (1952)

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    Tyrone Power
    Tyrone Power
    • Constable Duncan MacDonald
    Cameron Mitchell
    Cameron Mitchell
    • Konah
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Natayo Smith
    Penny Edwards
    Penny Edwards
    • Emerald Neeley
    Robert Horton
    Robert Horton
    • Jess Calhoun
    Anthony Numkena
    • Comes Running
    • (as Anthony Earl Numkena)
    Adeline De Walt Reynolds
    Adeline De Walt Reynolds
    • White Moon
    • (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
    Howard Petrie
    Howard Petrie
    • Insp. Frazer
    Stuart Randall
    Stuart Randall
    • Standing Bear
    Chief Bright Fire
    • Indian
    • (uncredited)
    Frank DeKova
    Frank DeKova
    • Custin
    • (uncredited)
    Grady Galloway
    • Shemawgun
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Hayward
    • Tim Neeley
    • (uncredited)
    Earl Holliman
    Earl Holliman
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Muriel Landers
    Muriel Landers
    • Small Face, wife of Natayo
    • (uncredited)
    Carlos Loya
    • Katatatsi
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • Ending Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Shackleton
    • Byran Neeley
    • (uncredited)
      • Joseph M. Newman
      • John C. Higgins(screenplay)
      • Garnett Weston(story)
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    • Trivia
      Actor Stuart Randall, playing Standing Bear, had all his lines re-dubbed with another actor's voice after filming was completed. Apparently the producers finally realized that most Canadian Indians do not, like Randall, have a distinct Texas accent.
    • Goofs
      It is mistaken as an error that because it is stated in the beginning that Duncan MacDonald speaks Cree and that the story will be told with the Cree Indians speaking English that none of the Cree could be bi-lingual. In particular when Duncan's adopted Indian son has a conversation with the captive white woman.
    • Quotes

      Standing Bear: The pony soldier speaks with the tongue of the snake that rattles.

      Constable Duncan MacDonald: It is Standing Bear who speaks with a forked tongue!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Tucker Carlson Tonight: Episode dated 10 February 2020 (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      The Maple Leaf Forever
      (uncredited)

      Written by Alexander Muir

    User reviews15

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Competent and entertaining
    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.
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    3
    • planktonrules
    • Nov 21, 2007

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1952 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Sedona, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes

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