Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul Fletcher, he takes the job of wagon train scout. The Chief wants peace but when he dies, Crazy Fox takes over and now leads the Pawnees in an attack against that wagon trai
Practical Effects
Real buffalo stampede footage that puts modern CGI to shame.
Costume
Montgomery's questionable Pawnee aesthetic choices.
Director
George Waggner
George Montgomery
Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
Bill Williams
Matt Delaney
Lola Albright
Meg Alden
Francis McDonald
Uncle Tip Alden (as Francis J. McDonald)
Robert Griffin
Doc Morgan (as Robert E. Griffin)
Dabbs Greer
John Brewster
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Carter
Charlotte Austin
Dancing Fawn
Ralph Moody
Chief Wise Eagle
Raymond Hatton
Obie Dilks
Charles Horvath
Crazy Fox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Pawnee consultants were reportedly on set, though their input on the final script remains... debatable.
Released during the tail end of the 'sympathetic Western' cycle before the genre turned revisionist in the 60s.
US
