The real Kit Carson would've hated this glorified nonsense — but Fred Thomson sure looks good on a horse.
Stunts
Fred Thomson's horse Silver did most of the heavy lifting.
Production
Genuinely gorgeous Sierra Nevada location shooting for 1928.
Director
Lloyd Ingraham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Thomson was a real-life minister before becoming a Western star, and his horse Silver was so popular he got top billing on some posters.
This film premiered the same year Carson's actual role in the forced Navajo relocation became widely documented — Hollywood chose hagiography anyway.
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