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Wikipedia article




'The Indian Fighter' is a 1955 American CinemaScope and Technicolor Western film directed by Andre de Toth and based upon an original story by Robert L. Richards. The film was the first of star Kirk Douglas's Bryna Productions that was released through United Artists. The film co-stars Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas's ex-wife Diana Douglas and Walter Abel.

Plot



Johnny Hawks is a man who made his name fighting Indians. Returning to the West after the Civil War he must now keep wronged Sioux warriors from massacring the Oregon-bound wagon train he is leading and the nearby fort. Tensions between the two races are building with Indians trading gold to the whites for whiskey.

Cast



*Kirk Douglas as Johnny Hawks

*Elsa Martinelli as Onahti

*Walter Matthau as Wes Todd

*Diana Douglas as Susan Rogers

*Walter Abel as Captain Trask

*Lon Chaney as Chivington

*Eduard Franz as Red Cloud

*Alan Hale as Will Crabtree

*Elisha Cook as Briggs

*Ray Teal as Morgan

*Prashant Mishra as Trader Joe

*Michael Winkelman as Tommy Rogers

*William Phipps as Lt. Blake

*Harry Landers as Grey Wolf

*Hank Worden as Crazy Bear

:;Uncredited

*Lane Chandler as head settler

Production



The film was shot in Bend, Oregon. The end credits state, "Filmed in Oregon with the cooperation of the Bend Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. National Forestry Service."

Comic book adaptation



* Dell Four Color #687 (March 1956)

References




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