Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

bsmith5552 This almost forgotten western was ahead of it's time. The theme of "an eye for an eye" revenge is carried to the extreme with the brutal massacre sequence where soldiers, women and children alike are slaughtered without mercy.The film opens with army scout Adam Reed (Rory Calhoun) being brought to Cheyenne Chief Fire Knife (Lee Van Cleef). The chief warns of an impending Cheyenne attack on an army encampment in retaliation to one led by commanding officer Major Ives (Warner Anderson) who has been branded as "The Butcher" by the Indians for his slaughter of women and children.Reed brings a yellow tomahawk to Ives as a warning from the Cheyenne. He ignores the warning. Reed meets Katherine Bohlen (Peggie Castle) skinny dipping and sparks fly. Katherine is engaged to Lt. Bascomb (Patrick Sexton) whom she unceremoniously dumps. Reed also meets up with fellow scout Tonio Perez (Noah Beery Jr. complete with Mexican accent) who assists Reed in sounding the alarm. At the same time, Tonio is being pursued by the young Indian squaw named , now get this, Honey Bear (a very young Rita Moreno).Into the camp comes prospector Walt Sawyer (Peter Graves) and his wounded partner. Subsequent events reveal that Sawyer has a hidden agenda of his own.Then the Cheyenne attack and savagely "kill all white eyes" except for Major Ives who was away obtaining buried ammunition, Tonio who had been escorting a wagon load of wives escaping the attack, Sawyer and Reed. The survivors which also include Cpl. Maddock (Adam Williams) and Private Bliss (James Best) then try to reach the distant fort while being pursued by Fire Knife and his braves and.......................................................................................Although the massacre sequence is not as graphic as one would see today, it is nonetheless brutal and totally unexpected. Calhoun is a stalwart hero who had been appearing in a number of low budget westerns at this time. Castle in her skin tight slacks, makes a sexy heroine. The always likeable Beery is good as is Graves and Anderson as the heavies. Lee Van Cleef is also excellent as the Indian Chief. Walter Reed, Dan Riss and Robert Bray round out the cast.A quirky unexpected ending round out this opus ably directed by veteran director Lesley Selander.

drystyx A lot of the B Westerns were "fluff", but usually the director or writer would want to add some "sidebar" on for their personal motif.It is the "sidebar" that is usually the message the director and writer want to display. Sometimes, it is "advertising" for products, such as tobacco companies, soda companies, or what have you.Here, either Director Selander, or writers Simmons and Boone, looked to want to add their own flavor to a fairly routine cavalry Western.Like most Westerns of the day, the Indians are depicted as semi good guys with evil white men upsetting the apple cart.The overkill of the evil white men has always been very politically correct, and especially was in the decades that followed this movie.However, the real sidebar here is what happens with the evil corrupt cavalry officer who causes at least two massacres, quite knowingly, quite viciously.Also, a few red herrings come into play here. The fates of a few of the characters you won't guess, as they go against the usual Hollywood propaganda formula. Thus, this particular Western has some surprises by the end.

Michael O'Keefe Feels just like Saturday afternoon at the movies. The ever popular Rory Calhoun plays Adam Reed, a Wyoming Indian scout, who has a strong bond with Fireknife(Lee Van Cleef), a Cheyenne warrior. Against a treaty with the Indians, the army decides to build a fort on their land. Reed is caught between both sides, but as predicted ends up in a vicious fight to the finish with Fireknife. The fetching Peggie Castle plays Calhoun's love interest. On the lighter side Noah Berry Jr. plays a Mexican that scouts for the army and falls in love with a beautiful Indian girl Honey Bear(Rita Moreno).This almost forgotten B western features a star-studded supporting cast: Peter Graves, Warner Anderson, James Best, Ned Glass and Robert Bray. Thank you Encore Westerns channel.

BOB L'ALOGE An Indian scout warns the settlers around the army post they are in danger from Indians and he is proved right. Twenty-seven year old Castle fills out her tight-fitting shirt and jeans and makes her presence known as she breaks her engagement with an army officer and falls for Calhoun--who, as a scout, rescues her and the commander after the raid. But the rescue is only temporarily as, on their way to the nearest fort, they are attacked again by Indians led by Lee Van Cleef. He and his fellow Indians want the commander for what he did at Sand Creek. It was there, in history, that the Federal army slaughtered Indian women and children without giving them a chance to surrender. Calhoun wants to keep him alive and take him to the fort for court-martial so to help stop future slaughter of Indians.It's a typical 50's Western but one of the good ones--perhaps because of Rory Calhoun (who was always good) or Peggy Castle who made cowboys glad they were men. Or both!