Wearing a hairstyle that looks like it belonged on Carole Lombard in a 1930's screwball comedy, film noir actress Ann Savage finds herself way out of her element. The story's not bad, but her performance is lifeless and placid. She's a bad girl seeking revenge on Chief Thudercloud whose own tribe has disowned him for unnecessary violence and obsession with vengeance against Savage's family after he unsuccessfully tried to kidnap her mother. Now they are all dead and she's made a deal with the Confederate army to scout for them while searching for Thundercloud. Along the way, she finds love with a Yankee officer but her loyalties to the south prevent her from allowing that romance to blossom.
This has a nice supporting cast of veteran actors, with Alan Curtis as the supposedly married Yankee as well as Edward Brophy and Jack Holt. But as hard as she tries, Savage is never convincing, especially being southern with a bleached blonde permanent wave. The film has a few suspenseful moments, but is often boring and ridiculous. They try hard to make savage sympathetic here, but often she comes off as rather mentally challenged, and obviously suffering from bipolar disorder long before that was diagnosed as a mental illness. Her melodramatic outbursts and sudden personality changes aren't even unintentionally funny. Even at 70 minutes, I just couldn't wait for this to be over.
This has a nice supporting cast of veteran actors, with Alan Curtis as the supposedly married Yankee as well as Edward Brophy and Jack Holt. But as hard as she tries, Savage is never convincing, especially being southern with a bleached blonde permanent wave. The film has a few suspenseful moments, but is often boring and ridiculous. They try hard to make savage sympathetic here, but often she comes off as rather mentally challenged, and obviously suffering from bipolar disorder long before that was diagnosed as a mental illness. Her melodramatic outbursts and sudden personality changes aren't even unintentionally funny. Even at 70 minutes, I just couldn't wait for this to be over.