In Colorado territory, Miles Archer is asked by the cavalry at Fort Bellows to aid in rescuing two white women abducted by the Cheyenne and to provide security for the railroad construction teams.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Guy Madison | ... | Miles Archer | |
| Frank Lovejoy | ... | Sgt. Charlie Baker | |
| Helen Westcott | ... | Anne McKeever | |
| Vera Miles | ... | Jennie McKeever | |
| Dick Wesson | ... | Pvt. Cullen | |
| Onslow Stevens | ... | Grover Johnson | |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Pvt. Ryan | |
| Ron Hagerthy | ... | Johnny McKeever | |
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Fay Roope | ... | Lt. Col. Kilrain |
| Neville Brand | ... | Pvt. Morgan | |
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Henry Kulky | ... | Pvt. Smiley |
| Lane Chandler | ... | Pvt. Zebulon Poinsett | |
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Fred Carson | ... | Chief Thunder Hawk |
| James Brown | ... | Pvt. Connors | |
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Ralph Brooks | ... | Pvt. Wilhelm |
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The story involves an overland journey through hostile Cheyenne territory to rescue two white women captured by the Cheyenne. One has turned renegade and is not anxious to be rescued as she is about to be married to Chief Thunder Hawk. Vera Miles dies and the cavalry comes to the rescue in the nick of time by a stream called Feather River. Knives, arrows, spears and tomahawks all come flying at the audience. Frank Lovejoy discourages a rattlesnake with tobacco juice and even gets off a shot into the audience. Written by Tom Kresin <tomk@meaddata.com>
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wilhelm scream | 3 dimensional | woman held captive | indian war | cavalry charge |Taglines:
Gallantry Never Equalled! Spectacle Never Before Seen! See more »Genres:
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11 July 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,650,000, 31 December 1953Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (WarnerPhonic/RCA Sound System)Color:
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Second use of the iconic Wilhelm scream See more »Goofs
In the final battle scene, there are three Indians charging the position. The Indian in the middle has his own reins, plus the reins of the rider on the left of screen. This is before they are fired at. Then, as the left-hand rider is shot, hangs on but then falls into the river, the central rider pulls his horse straight. See more »Quotes
Pvt. Smiley: When a man is forced by bitter circumstances to drink water, you might have the common decency to turn the other way.See more »
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"The Charge at Feather River" is a routine Western about the U. S. Cavalry against the Cheyenne Indians... The film carried a constantly mounting tension with some pleasant diversion...
Guy Madison and Frank Lovejoy play the officers who rescue Helen Westcott and Vera Miles from the Indians...
The outdoor scenes are well photographed, specially the exciting Indian charge at Feather River at the climax of the movie with the rain of spears, the fight to-the-death between Madison and Thunderhawk, the sketches of the Guardhouse Brigade, even a mouthful of tobacco juice used against a rattlesnake, and the romantic interludes between our hero and Helen Westcott... All are here, pictorially entertaining in 3-D and Technicolor...