A rambunctious, buckskin-clad scout who serves as a guide for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, David Kitosch (George Hilton of "Any Gun Can Play") likes to live on the wild side. This rogue of a rascal has been having an affair with an Indian chieftain's wife, and cuckholded husband White Wolf wants to scalp him if he can lay his hands on him. Kitosch eludes White Fox and his braves and seeks sanctuary at an RCMP fort. No sooner has he entered the fort than the commandant slaps him in cuffs and wants to hang him. Kitosch can avoid the noose if he agrees to lead a cross-country caravan smuggling almost million dollars in gold ingots belonging to the Toronto Bank to Fort Eagle on the U.S. border. The gold has been concealed in a four coffins, and a bevy of beautiful babes are going along, posing as the wives of the dead men. Kitosch argues the gold will never reach its destination because renegades, cutthroats, and Indians will capture it. This is the reason the Mounties want to enlist Kitosch for the job. Moreover, since White Wolf has smoked the peace pipe, Kitosch has nothing to fear from him as long as he sticks close to the Mounties. Once he delivers the caravan, he can slip across the border and be safe from the vengeful Native American. While Captain Johnson is trying to persuade Kitosch to accept this dangerous assignment, Major Zachary Baker (Pierre Lulli of "My Name Is Nobody") is at the fort dressed as a civilian. Baker wants Kitosch to lead the caravan, too. At one point, Kitosch finds himself in the same room with White Wolf, but the Indian does nothing to him, because a high-ranking Mountie officer assures the Native American that they would never assist the enemies of their friends. No sooner has White Wolf left the room than a couple of Mounties escort Kitosch from the fort and he has to run from his life to escape White Wolf and his braves. As it turns out, this is all part of a plan to get Kitosch to take part in the caravan. He escapes on a horse which the Mounties have stashed in the wilderness. Kitosch throws the Indians off his trail by swimming across a river while they pursue his horse. Major Baker leaves the fort after dark, while Kitosch wrings out his water sodden clothes and sleeps in a hole with his rifle in his fists. Meantime, Major Baker is about to shave when a renegade attacks him. Kitosch hears the commotion and comes to his rescue. Nevertheless, Baker and his assailant wind up floundering a nearby river. Kitosch finds himself being fired on by another renegade and defends himself. Kitosch is a crack shot with a Winchester. He kills three renegades. The gunfire arouses the attention of the Mounties leading the caravan with the coffins full of gold and a stagecoach of women. Major Baker's horse spooks and the Mounties catch it. Kitosch is pinned down by renegades but they rescue him. Kitosch reports that Baker has disappeared. Meantime, Kitosch strips the clothes off a dead man since he is wearing only his underwear. The Mounties that rescue Kitosch are on a mission of their own to return the bodies of an American sheriff and his deputies who had crossed the frontier on a heels of a desperado. The scout for the Mounties calls their mission 'diplomatic,' because they have the widows of the dead lawman with them. "Uncle Sam wants the bodies of his heroes brought back ceremoniously," explains the scout.
Writer & director Jose Luis Merino has made an entertaining Canadian horse opera that ripples with deceit, surprises and reversals. George Hilton is ideally cast as the eponymous hero.
Writer & director Jose Luis Merino has made an entertaining Canadian horse opera that ripples with deceit, surprises and reversals. George Hilton is ideally cast as the eponymous hero.