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The Indian Fighter ()

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A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
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Johnny Hawks
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Onahti
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Wes Todd
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Susan Rogers
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Captain Trask
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Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
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Red Cloud
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Will Crabtree (as Alan Hale)
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Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
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Morgan
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Trader Joe
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Tommy Rogers
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Lt. Blake
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Grey Wolf / Captain Trask Attaché
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Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
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Head Settler (uncredited)
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Lt. Shaeffer (uncredited)

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André De Toth ... (as Andre de Toth)

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Robert L. Richards ... (story) (as Ben Kadish)
 
Frank Davis ... (screenplay) and
Ben Hecht ... (screenplay)

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Kirk Douglas ... executive producer (uncredited)
Samuel P. Norton ... associate producer
William Schorr ... producer

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Franz Waxman

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Wilfrid M. Cline ... director of photography

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Richard Cahoon

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Wiard Ihnen

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Lynn F. Reynolds ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Frank Mattison ... production manager

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Tom Connors Jr. ... assistant director
Jack Voglin ... assistant director

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Joe Edmondson ... sound recordist

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Dave Koehler ... special effects

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Richard Farnsworth ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Folkerson ... stunts (uncredited)
Ted V. Mikels ... stunts (uncredited)
Norm Taylor ... stunts: Indian (uncredited)
Bill Williams ... stunts (uncredited)

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Anne Douglas ... casting supervisor (as Anne Buydens)

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Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Johnny Hawks, a former Indian fighter, returns to the West after the Civil War. He reacquaints himself with the Indian band led by Red Cloud. Red Cloud's beautiful daughter has now grown into womanhood... Unscrupulous whisky traders are after the gold on Indian land. Hawks averts serious bloodshed by convincing Red Cloud to make a treaty... Hawks leads an Oregon-bound wagon train through Indian territory. When he slips away to see the chief's daughter, trouble between braves and whisky traders flares up anew, putting the wagon train and the nearby fort in peril... Written by David Woodfield

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Taglines The Indian Fighter and the Girl...a love as fierce as a fire arrow! See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'or des Sioux (France)
  • La rivière de nos amours (France)
  • L'or des Sioux - Rivière de nos Amours (France)
  • Pacte d'honor (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Pacto de honor (Spain)
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  • 88 min
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Trivia Kirk Douglas did most of his own horseback riding and, at one point, broke his nose attempting a stunt that called for him to make his horse fall. Instead of leaning back in the saddle when yanking the horse's head around to the side, Douglas leaned forward and took the full force of the horse's heavy head right in the face. When stunts were called for Bill Williams was Douglas' stunt double, and "was an excellent rider [he was later killed doing a stunt for The Hallelujah Trail (1965)], and in silhouette looked a lot like me." See more »
Goofs Right before the Indians tie Todd to the tree with the intention of burning him, he's having a conversation with Johnny. During this conversation, Johnny's left arm repeatedly changes positions, from being stretched out against the tree, to holding his hat in front of him and back to stretched out against the tree. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). See more »
Quotes Grey Wolf: There can be no friendship between Red Man and White. The fight is to the end. Ride back to your people. There is no room for you here.
Johnny Hawks: You've grown a big mouth since I saw you last, Grey Wolf, but I didn't come here to talk to a big mouth. I've come to talk to a big man.
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