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In 1868 Oregon, after the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.
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First Sgt. Emmett Bell
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Calla Gaxton
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Dr. Joseph Holden
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Capt. Tom Gaxton
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Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
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Timothy
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Col. Edson Stedlow
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Kamiakin
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Mrs. Anne Avery
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Sgt. Dutch Williams
Orlando Rodriguez ...
Malachi
Glen Kramer ...
Lt. Winston
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Lt. Hammond
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Jacob
Felix Noriego ...
Lucas
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Morgan
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Waco
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Albie
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Music (as Ralph J Votrian)
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Maj. Donahue
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Sgt. Maj. Frenchy Desmonde
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Isaiah
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Zachariah (as Frank de Kova)
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Capt. Fanning
Philip Kieffer ...
Maj. Randall
Gilbert Conner ...
Elijah
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beulah Archuletta ...
Indian Woman (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ...
Trooper (uncredited)
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Trooper (uncredited)
Maureen Hingert ...
Indian Woman (uncredited)
Bryson G. Liberty ...
Warrior at the Mission (uncredited)
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Indian (uncredited)
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Trooper (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Marshall

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Sam Rolfe ... (screenplay)
 
Heck Allen ... (novel "Frontier Fury") (as Will Henry)

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Robert Arthur ... producer

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William Lava ... (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Harold Lipstein ... director of photography

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Milton Carruth

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William Fritzsche ... color consultant: Technicolor

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Alexander Golitzen
Bill Newberry

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Oliver Emert
Russell A. Gausman

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Rosemary Odell

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Joan St. Oegger ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist

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Tom Shaw ... unit production manager (uncredited)

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Marshall Green ... assistant director
Ray DeCamp ... assistant director (uncredited)
Terence Nelson ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Leslie I. Carey ... sound
Frank H. Wilkinson ... sound
David Janssen ... looping (uncredited)

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Polly Burson ... stunt double: Dorothy Malone (uncredited)
Fred Carson ... stunt double (uncredited)
Charles Horvath ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Hoy ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Terhune ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams ... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson ... stunts (uncredited)

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Joseph Gershenson ... music supervisor
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Luanna S. Poole ... script supervisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In Oregon Country, 1868, several tribes of Native Americans have been placed on a reservation north of the Snake River. Here Doctor Holden has built a church, and many of the tribes have accepted Christianity and Christian names. Sgt. Emmett Bell is in charge of maintaining order. After the cavalry, under Colonel Stedlow's command, arrives, building a bridge across the river and intending to open a road across the reservation to areas north, some of the tribal chiefs feel their treaty has been violated. As the cavalry column advances into the reservation, Kamiakin vows to lead the tribes in battle against the encroaching white men. Written by Jeff Hole

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Taglines This Was the Night of the Tomahawk and the Cross! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Tomahawk and the Cross (United Kingdom)
  • Les Piliers du ciel (France)
  • Las columnas del cielo (Spain)
  • Pilastra do Céu (Brazil)
  • Столпы небес (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia Between takes, Ward Bond argued with Lee Marvin that the US should attack the Soviet Union because of what Bond claimed to be the Communist threat. Marvin, an ex-Marine who served in World War II, was wounded in the fighting on Saipan against the Japanese,. He asked Bond--who had never spent a day in the military due to epilepsy, --how he spent the war. Bond had no real reply, and Marvin pointed out that the only thing Bond knew about war was what he pretended to fight on studio back lots. See more »
Goofs The cavalry had a Red Cross wagon. The American Red Cross was not founded until 1881. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Cuba (1979). See more »
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