Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)

Director: Lesley Selander

Writers: Richard Alan Simmons, Harold Jack Bloom

Composer: Les Baxter

Starring: Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery Jr., Warner Anderson, Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Rita Moreno, Dan Riss, Walter Reed, Patrick Sexton, Robert Bray, Adam Willimas, James Best, Ned Glass

More info: IMDb

Tagline:  An Indian Scout and a Blonde Wildcat . . . They Faced the Most Savage of All Indian Raids!

Plot:  When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.



My rating: 6/10

Will I watch it again?  No.

Well here's another flick with Peter Graves and Peggie Castle that I watched close to one another (the other being THE BEGINNING OF THE END (1957).  Coincidences are neat, aren't they?  This picture is OK.  It benefits from the good cast.  There might be a little more romance than you'd want to see but it's not so much that the action takes forever to get to but it does slow the movie down some.  Rita Moreno is just adorable...


That's her putting the finishing touches on wasting a Gringo.  It's not the film's fault but IMDb says this was shot widecreen and in color.  As you can see, that's not how I saw it.  This was recorded from TCM a gazillion years ago.  B&W fullscreen is not the way to go on this one.  If you're looking for a decent time killer, this will suffice.  



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