White Feather (1955)
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67% of users liked it
(64 ratings)
Unusual for its time, this 1955 film is a sympathetic treatment of the U.S. Army's resettlement of Native Americans in the Old West. The Cheyenne tribe agrees to leave its hunting grounds in Wyoming so that white settlers looking for gold can move in. Colonel Lindsay (John Lund) is in charge of… More Unusual for its time, this 1955 film is a sympathetic treatment of the U.S. Army's resettlement of Native Americans in the Old West. The Cheyenne tribe agrees to leave its hunting grounds in Wyoming so that white settlers looking for gold can move in. Colonel Lindsay (John Lund) is in charge of the troops carrying out the resettlement journey. He is helped by an experienced land surveyor, John Tanner (Robert Wagner). Cheyenne tribesmen Little Dog (Jeffrey Hunter) and American Horse (Hugh O'Brian) are friends with Tanner and helpful in the resettlement -- at least until Little Dog's fiancée, Appearing Day (Debra Paget), takes a liking to Tanner. The attraction threatens to scuttle everything, and the tribe sends an arrow with a white feather as a declaration of war. Tanner convinces tribal leader Chief Broken Hand (Eduard Franz) to allow the men to settle the matter themselves. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert D. Webb
- Genres
- Western, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 16, 1955 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Sympathetic to the Indian plight.
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Cast
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Robert Wagner
as Josh Tanner
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John Lund
as Col. Lindsay
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Debra Paget
as Appearing Day
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Jeffrey Hunter
as Little Dog
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Eduard Franz
as Chief Broken Hand
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Noah Beery Jr.
as Lt. Ferguson
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Virginia Leith
as Ann Magruder
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Emile G. Meyer
as Magruder
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Hugh O'Brian
as American Horse
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Milburn Stone
as Commissioner Trenton
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Iron Eyes Cody
as Indian Chief
