Duncan MacDonald, a 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie, has to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their above-the-border reservation. His guide in this endeavor is the not-too-trustworthy half-breed Natayo.
Cinematography
Alberta locations pretending to be 1880s Saskatchewan.
Costume
That Mountie red serge uniform: cinema's most impractical hero look.
Director
Joseph M. Newman
Tyrone Power
Constable Duncan MacDonald
Cameron Mitchell
Konah
Thomas Gomez
Natayo Smith
Penny Edwards
Emerald Neeley
Robert Horton
Jess Calhoun
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
Howard Petrie
Insp. Frazer
Stuart Randall
Standing Bear
Earl Holliman
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Alberta during mosquito season; Tyrone Power reportedly bribed crew with whiskey for bug spray.
One of the last studio Westerns to cast actual Indigenous actors in speaking roles before the 'Indian' cycle collapsed—Anthony Earl Numkena (Comes Running) was a 19-year-old Hopi actor who never broke through.
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