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The Indian Fighter (1955)

Not Rated | | Western | 1956 (Italy)
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A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

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(as Andre de Toth)

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
... Johnny Hawks
... Onahti
... Wes Todd
... Susan Rogers
... Captain Trask
... Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
... Red Cloud
... Will Crabtree (as Alan Hale)
... Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
... Morgan
... Trader Joe
... Tommy Rogers
... Lt. Blake
... Grey Wolf / Captain Trask Attaché
... 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

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u.s. cavalry officer | red cloud's war | native american | romantic triangle | bare chested male | See All (13) »

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Only one man has the power to stop a war. See more »

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Western

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1956 (Italy)  »

Also Known As:

Indian Fighter  »

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$2,450,000, 31 December 1956
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(Western Electric Recording)

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Kirk Douglas did most of his own horse riding and, at one point, broke his nose attempting a stunt that called for him to make his horse fall. Instead of leaning back in the saddle when yanking the horse's head around to the side, Douglas leaned forward and took the full force of the horse's heavy head right in the face. See more »

Goofs

In the beginning of the film, after Red Cloud shows to Johnny Hawks two men hung by the feet, Hawks stands talking to Red Cloud and Grey Wolf. Then his hands appears either grabbing the holster or by his sides, alternately, when it cuts from one shot to another. See more »

Quotes

Susan Rogers: Johnny, what are you doing hiding in a saloon?
Johnny Hawks: Ma'am, you were dancing in the arms of another man, I was trying to forget.
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Kirk Douglas rules the west
26 February 2008 | by – See all my reviews

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?
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