Pawnee (1957)
6/10
He's only a pawn in their game!
18 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A pleasant implausible western which looks like "the ten commandments, 2nd version" in miniature : Wise Eagle is the pharaoh ,who prefers his adoptive son,Pale Arrow (Mosis ), pacifist and virtuous , to ,Crazy Fox (Ramsès) , blood-thirsty and ruthless ; to make the matters worse,there's a rivalry between both men for princess Dancing Fawn(Nefertari) ,the big chief's daughter .The names speak for themselves ! To top it all , Pale Arrow joins his own people and lead them to the promised land of milk and honey ,Fort-Baxter ,that is ;there's no red sea to cross ,but an interminable desert which crosses the Pawnees ' territory ;and Matt , playing the part of Dathan , tells the pioneers that so-called loyable Paul Fletcher betrayed them :there won't be any orgy , but they will go west -in every sense of the expression - whereas their Mosis insisted they head for the south .

Montgomery is not much credible in his "dual nationality "but he makes a nice pair with gorgeous Lola Albright ,his white love interest (one should add that Rock Hudson as "Taza ,son for Cochise " was not either) ; there's an unusual scene: the hero ,tied to the torture post , handed over to the squaws and the kids who beat him up.
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