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Tomahawk Trail

  • 19571957
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
285
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Tomahawk Trail (1957)
Western
An incompetent cavalry lieutenant leads his patrol into an Apache ambush on the Tomahawk Trail, gets wounded in a skirmish, and loses the command to his sergeant.An incompetent cavalry lieutenant leads his patrol into an Apache ambush on the Tomahawk Trail, gets wounded in a skirmish, and loses the command to his sergeant.An incompetent cavalry lieutenant leads his patrol into an Apache ambush on the Tomahawk Trail, gets wounded in a skirmish, and loses the command to his sergeant.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
285
YOUR RATING
    • Lesley Selander
    • Gerald Drayson Adams(story)
    • David Chandler
  • Stars
    • Chuck Connors
    • John Smith
    • Susan Cummings
    • Lesley Selander
    • Gerald Drayson Adams(story)
    • David Chandler
  • Stars
    • Chuck Connors
    • John Smith
    • Susan Cummings
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Harry Dean Stanton, Chuck Connors, and George N. Neise in Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    George N. Neise in Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Chuck Connors and George N. Neise in Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Chuck Connors and Susan Cummings in Tomahawk Trail (1957)
    Tomahawk Trail (1957)

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    Chuck Connors
    Chuck Connors
    • Sgt. Wade McCoy
    John Smith
    John Smith
    • Pvt. Reynolds
    Susan Cummings
    Susan Cummings
    • Ellen Carter
    Lisa Montell
    Lisa Montell
    • Tula
    George N. Neise
    George N. Neise
    • Lt. Jonathan Davenport
    • (as George Neise)
    Robert Knapp
    Robert Knapp
    • Pvt. Barrow
    Eddie Little Sky
    Eddie Little Sky
    • Johnny Dogwood
    • (as Eddie Little)
    Fritz Ford
    • Pvt. Macy
    • (as Frederick Ford)
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Pvt. Miller
    • (as Dean Stanton)
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    • Trooper
    • (uncredited)
      • Lesley Selander
      • Gerald Drayson Adams(story)
      • David Chandler
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    Storyline

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    • Goofs
      Sgt. Wade McCoy aka Chuck Connors made a reference to Leavenworth prison. Interesting since Leavenworth prison did not open until 1903.
    • Connections
      Featured in Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003)

    User reviews10

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    7/10
    An unpolished gem
    This movie captures one's attention from the start with Chuck Connors' opening line of narration: "Lt. Merriman was dead; the brains cooked out of his skull over an Apache torture fire." From this point on the movie proceeds in a taut, terse fashion which is a model of economical story-telling. True, it doesn't add up to much but it knows its limitations and works within them with commendable assurance. "Tomahawk Trail" would be a good movie to study in Film-Making 101.

    Its faults are obvious but not fatal. The soldiers' US Cavalry uniforms should be soiled and sweaty and yet, too often, they seem to have just come from the Costume Shop. Also, the two female characters are unconvincing. Susan Cummings has been dropped into the plot simply to give Chuck Connors a pretty girl to kiss at the fade-out, and Lisa Montell makes a very unpersuasive Indian.

    Chuck Connors, playing yet another of his "Mc" characters, is in his physical prime here and one regrets he's given no chance to do a "beefcake" scene.

    The location work around Kanab, Utah, (using black-and-white photography), adds an air of authenticity. There's not a studio-bound shot in the whole movie.

    Assuming your expectations aren't unrealistically high, you may well be pleasantly surprised by "Tomahawk Trail."
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    • dinky-4
    • Aug 7, 2004

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 1957 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kanab, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Schenck-Koch Productions
      • Bel-Air Productions
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    • 1 hour
      • Black and White

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