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Warpath (1951)

NR 11/22/1951 (US) Western 1h 35m

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The battle cry that set the plains ablaze !

Overview

John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He finds one, Woodson, and kills him in a gunfight, but not before learning that the other two men have joined the U.S. Cavalry.

Byron Haskin

Director
Frank Gruber

Writer

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Edmond O'Brien

John Vickers
Dean Jagger

Sam Quade
Forrest Tucker

Sgt. O'Hara
Polly Bergen

Molly Quade
Harry Carey, Jr.

Capt. Gregson
James Millican

Général George Armstrong Custer
Douglas Spencer

Kelso
Wallace Ford

Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Paul Fix

Pvt. Fiore
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A review by Wuchak

80%

Written by Wuchak on December 29, 2021

A flawed, but exceptional Cavalry vs. Indians Western from the early 50s

A vengeful former officer (Edmond O’Brien) joins the 7th Cavalry in order to track down those responsible for his wife’s death years earlier with everything leading to a showdown with the Sioux and events surrounding the Little Bighorn debacle. Forrest Tucker plays his sergeant, Polly Bergen a romantic interest and Dean Jagger her shopkeeper father. James Millican convincingly plays General Custer.

The plot of “Warpath” (1951) was ripped-off by writer Frank Gruber from Ernest Haycox’s novel “Bugles in the After... read the rest.

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