Arrowhead is a 1953

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film directed by

Charles Marquis Warren Charles Marquis Warren (December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990) was an American motion picture and television writer, producer, and director who specialized in Westerns. Among his notable career achievements were his involvement in creating the ...

, starring

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, and featuring a supporting cast including

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, Katy Jurado,

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and

Milburn Stone Hugh Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980) was an American actor, best known for his role as "Doc" (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS Western series '' Gunsmoke''. Early life Stone was born in Burrton, Kansas, to Herbert Stone and the for ...

. The picture is based on the novel ''Adobe Walls'' by W. R. Burnett. The screenplay was also by Charles Marquis Warren.

Plot

Maverick scout Ed Bannon (

) is working with cavalry stationed at Fort Clark,

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. The US army is trying to talk peace with the

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s and move them to reservations in

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. Bannon's activities seem counter productive to this new policy. Toriano (

), the son of the Apache chief, returns from an Eastern education. Bannon is suspicious of his motives and their distrust of each other is eventually resolved by single combat.

Cast

as Ed Bannon *

as Toriano * Katy Jurado as Nita *

as Capt. Bill North * Mary Sinclair as Lela Wilson *

as Sandy MacKinnon * Richard Shannon as Lt. Kirk * Lewis Martin as Col. Weybright * Frank DeKova as Chief Chattez *

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as Sgt. Stone * Peter Coe as Spanish * Kyle James as Jerry August * John Pickard as John Gunther * Pat Hogan as Jim Eagle * Mike Ragan as Corporal Ives

References

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