They Rode West (1954)

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Country: USA
Genres: Western
Release: 1954-12-04
Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: DeVallon Scott , Frank S. Nugent , Leo Katcher
Language: English
Stars: Robert Francis , Donna Reed (I) (1921–1986) , May Wynn , Philip Carey , Onslow Stevens , Peggy Converse , Roy Roberts , Jack Kelly , Stuart Randall , Eugene Iglesias
Runtime: 84 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Sie ritten nach Westen (Germany) , Pluma blanca (Mexico) , White Feather (United States of America) , La ruee sanglante (Belgium) , Sto stoma tou lykou (Greece) , They Rode West , Cavalcata ad ovest (Italy) , He ratsastivat länteen (Finland) , Au calarit spre West (Romania) , Sie ritten nach Westen (Austria) , 彼等は馬で西へ行く (Japan) , De Bloedige Stormloop (Belgium) , Traição Heroica (Brazil) , La ruee sanglante (Canada) , They Rode West (Canada) , Pluma blanca (Chile) , Rumbo al Oeste (Spain) , The Woodhawk (United States of America) , They Rode West (United States of America) , Den vite förrädaren (Sweden) , They Rode West (United Kingdom) , La ruée sanglante (France, French Republic) , Sie ritten nach Westen
Plot: Dr. Allen Seward (Robert Francis) is assigned to a western cavalry post where his predecessors had been drunks and slackers. The post doesn't take kindly to him either, especially after he disregards regulations and tends to sick Indians on the malaria-infested reservation. The Indians break away from the reservation to move to a healthier higher ground, and when they join with the Comanches to besiege the fort, Seward is branded as a "woodhawk", the bird that turns against its own. Donna Reed is present as the niece of the post commander; Phil Carey is a cavalry captain that believes the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and May Wynn (who shared a screen debut with Francis in "The Caine Mutiny) is the white girl raised by the Indians and married to the chief's son. Francis would make only two more films before being killed in a 1955 plane crash.
IMDB:tt0047575