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The Savage

The Savage

6,3 /10 (19 Votes)
1952 EN 95 min

Overview

The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very way. Years later, the white men and the Sioux threaten to go to war and the Indian-raised white man is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe.

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Release date

01/09/1952

Votes

19

Popularity

2.3

Charlton Heston... fresh from his triumph in "The Greatest Show on Earth."

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

95 min

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-03-04

⭐ 6

Warbonnet. The Savage is directed by George Marshall and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm from the novel The Renegade written by L.L. Foreman. It stars Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Ian MacDonald, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor, Richard Rober, Ted de Corsia, Frank Richards and Don Porter. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by John F. Seitz. It's an honourable failure, a film of good pro Indian intentions, but ultimately the narrative thrust is dampened by a script not prepared to challenge its themes. Plot finds young Jim Aherne (Orly Lindgren) as the only survivor of a wagon t…

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