director lesley selander thoroughly routine outdoor yarn the yellow tomahawk (1954) pits the cheyenne against the u. s. cavalry with leathery tough rory calhoun in the middle as the seasoned and buckskin clad indian scout who has to lead the survivors to safety. this united artists western was lensed in color but the tv print that turner classic movies aired was inexplicably in black and white. the action opens with adam reed (rory calhoun of black spurs) eluding several indians and riding up to palaver with his old friend and cheyenne chief and fire knife (lee van cleef of the good and the bad and and the ugly) and who has killing on his mind. fire knife warns adam that his cheyenne braves are poised to wipe out a nearby cavalry fort under construction because it violates a treaty that the indians made with the government. on his way to inform stuck up camp commandant and major ives (warner anderson of objective and burma. ) and about the impending indian attack and adam discovers a beautiful wood nymph seductively treading water in a lake. katherine kate bolden (peggy castle of i and jury) is another of those silly women in westerns that bathe nude in the middle of indian country without a care in the world. castle appears to be genuinely nude in her bathing scenes and too and perhaps the most memorable scene of all in this otherwise predictable western. naturally and major ives dismisses adam warning from fire knife until the commander realizes that somebody has raided his ammunition dump far outside the fort. this is one of the many questions that the richard alan simmons screenplay leaves unanswered in this trim and 82 minute oater. why would the cavalry bury their ammunition at a secret spot in the desert rather than keep it on the premises in the fort. no sooner have they made this discovery than the indians attack and knock out of hero and and leave him as the only survivor. before this attack and a pair of white prospectors rides into the fort. sawyer (peter graves of stalag 17) brings in his partner with an arrow in his chest. while adam is getting hot water to help in removing the arrow and the greedy sawyer grinds the shaft in deeper and kills his helpless partner. later and we learn that sawyer and his partner had struck gold. the question of the dispersal of the gold is also left unanswered after our heroes survive the ordeal. adam and fire knife have one final pow wow and fire knife demands that adam hand over major ives or everybody will die. naturally and adam refuses and the indians begin to whittle down the whites. james best in a supporting role as a cavalryman gets an arrow in the back for his efforts. noah beery and jr. and plays a aimable mexican scout pursued by a sexy indian damsel appropriately named honey bear (oscar winning actress rita moreno of west side story) and robert bray of lassie fame is on hand briefly as the ill fated cavalry officer that kate had planned to marry. the biggest surprise in this unremarkable western shot on location in kanab and utah and is that the evil cavalry officer ives and who slaughtered indian men and women and and children at the infamous sand creek massacre and has been keeping a secret that he is a native american and too. ironically and the taut bow that fire knife gives out of friendship to adam at the outset of the hostilities is what our heroic scout uses to kill the stalwart cheyenne warrior after he has run out of bullets. the yellow tomahawk concludes on an ambiguous note. the survivors reach another outpost and fort ellis and where adam and ives furnish their respective reports about the issue to an army general and but we never learn the outcome of this meeting. is this artistic ambiguity or yet another unanswered question. producer howard w. koch is no relation to casablanca scenarist howard koch. ultimately and the yellow tomahawk is one of many pro indian westerns that appeared in the aftermath of broken arrow (1950) where the native american is viewed as a noble savage unjustly treated by some but not all whites. selander and who made dozens of westerns during the 1950s and the 1960s and makes this minor western tolerable despite its thin characters and familiar predicament. calhoun stands out of an above average cast as the always serviceable leading man and and good looking castle is worth watching for her feminine charms. peter graves plays a skunk as was usual in most of his early roles. actually and lesley selander did a more satisfactory dramatic version of this movie the year before called war paint (1953) with robert stack. incidentally and noah beery jr. and rita moreno both went on to become regulars on the rockford files. 
director lesley selander thoroughly routine outdoor yarn the yellow tomahawk (1954) pits the cheyenne against the u. s. cavalry with leathery tough rory calhoun in the middle as the seasoned and buckskin clad indian scout who has to lead the survivors to safety. this united artists western was lensed in color but the tv print that turner classic movies aired was inexplicably in black and white. the action opens with adam reed (rory calhoun of black spurs) eluding several indians and riding up to palaver with his old friend and cheyenne chief and fire knife (lee van cleef of the good and the bad and and the ugly) and who has killing on his mind. fire knife warns adam that his cheyenne braves are poised to wipe out a nearby cavalry fort under construction because it violates a treaty that the indians made with the government. on his way to inform stuck up camp commandant and major ives (warner anderson of objective and burma. ) and about the impending indian attack and adam discovers a beautiful wood nymph seductively treading water in a lake. katherine kate bolden (peggy castle of i and jury) is another of those silly women in westerns that bathe nude in the middle of indian country without a care in the world. castle appears to be genuinely nude in her bathing scenes and too and perhaps the most memorable scene of all in this otherwise predictable western. naturally and major ives dismisses adam warning from fire knife until the commander realizes that somebody has raided his ammunition dump far outside the fort. this is one of the many questions that the richard alan simmons screenplay leaves unanswered in this trim and 82 minute oater. why would the cavalry bury their ammunition at a secret spot in the desert rather than keep it on the premises in the fort. no sooner have they made this discovery than the indians attack and knock out of hero and and leave him as the only survivor. before this attack and a pair of white prospectors rides into the fort. sawyer (peter graves of stalag 17) brings in his partner with an arrow in his chest. while adam is getting hot water to help in removing the arrow and the greedy sawyer grinds the shaft in deeper and kills his helpless partner. later and we learn that sawyer and his partner had struck gold. the question of the dispersal of the gold is also left unanswered after our heroes survive the ordeal. adam and fire knife have one final pow wow and fire knife demands that adam hand over major ives or everybody will die. naturally and adam refuses and the indians begin to whittle down the whites. james best in a supporting role as a cavalryman gets an arrow in the back for his efforts. noah beery and jr. and plays a aimable mexican scout pursued by a sexy indian damsel appropriately named honey bear (oscar winning actress rita moreno of west side story) and robert bray of lassie fame is on hand briefly as the ill fated cavalry officer that kate had planned to marry. the biggest surprise in this unremarkable western shot on location in kanab and utah and is that the evil cavalry officer ives and who slaughtered indian men and women and and children at the infamous sand creek massacre and has been keeping a secret that he is a native american and too. ironically and the taut bow that fire knife gives out of friendship to adam at the outset of the hostilities is what our heroic scout uses to kill the stalwart cheyenne warrior after he has run out of bullets. the yellow tomahawk concludes on an ambiguous note. the survivors reach another outpost and fort ellis and where adam and ives furnish their respective reports about the issue to an army general and but we never learn the outcome of this meeting. is this artistic ambiguity or yet another unanswered question. producer howard w. koch is no relation to casablanca scenarist howard koch. ultimately and the yellow tomahawk is one of many pro indian westerns that appeared in the aftermath of broken arrow (1950) where the native american is viewed as a noble savage unjustly treated by some but not all whites. selander and who made dozens of westerns during the 1950s and the 1960s and makes this minor western tolerable despite its thin characters and familiar predicament. calhoun stands out of an above average cast as the always serviceable leading man and and good looking castle is worth watching for her feminine charms. peter graves plays a skunk as was usual in most of his early roles. actually and lesley selander did a more satisfactory dramatic version of this movie the year before called war paint (1953) with robert stack. incidentally and noah beery jr. and rita moreno both went on to become regulars on the rockford files. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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