Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
Cinematography
CinemaScope landscapes that make 87 minutes feel like an epic.
Acting
Dana Andrews' committed sincerity sells the impossible script.
Director
George Sherman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Quanah Parker was a celebrated negotiator who never got this film's respect—his mother Cynthia Ann Parker's tragic story was deemed too complex for audiences.
This was one of the last B-westerns shot in CinemaScope; Sherman literally got widescreen grandeur on a budget that couldn't afford extras.
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