Monday, December 12, 2011

Fort Yuma (1955)


United Artists
Directed by Lesley Selander
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)

Peter Graves leads a small Cavalry troop across Arizona in hostile Indian territory. Two women are along for the ride: a missionary and an Indian girl, the sister of the troop's Indian scout. Graves is in love with the Indian girl, but won't admit it because of his deep down hatred of all Indians. The missionary woman is in love with the Indian scout, but he won't admit it because, well, he's an Indian. These melodramatic plot lines drag the story down. However, it is shot completely on location and some of the fighting is quite bloody, boosting the authenticity of the production.

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