- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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3 out of 5
In this exciting western, medical officer Robert Francis uses his skill to help the Kiowa tribe, to the disgust of the soldiers at his fort. Francis is reunited with his co-star in The Caine Mutiny, May Wynn, and Donna Reed is second-billed as the niece of the fort commander, a year after she received her best supporting actress Oscar for From Here to Eternity. The story about medical ethics is directed with skill by cult favourite Phil Karlson. The blond, blue-eyed Francis, a contemporary of James Dean and Korean War buddy of film historian Laurence J Quirk, was tragically killed in a plane crash at the age of 25 soon after this film was released.
Plot Summary
Western starring Robert Francis and Donna Reed. The new medical officer at a remote fort comes in for criticism when he gives treatment to the local native American tribe.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Doctor Allen Seward
- Robert Francis
- Laurie MacKaye
- Donna Reed
- Manyi-ten
- May Wynn
- Captain Peter Blake
- Philip Carey
- Colonel Ethan Waters
- Onslow Stevens
- Mrs Walters
- Peggy Converse
- Sergeant Creever
- Roy Roberts
- Lieutenant Raymond
- Jack Kelly
- Satanta
- Stuart Randall
- Red Leaf
- Eugene Iglesias
Crew
- Director
- Phil Karlson
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